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After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.

The European Commission has just released a major strategy on technological sovereignty, and it’s placing open source software squarely in the spotlight. The message is clear: open source is key to true digital independence.

“A huge thank you to the Sovereign Tech Agency for their support of open source and the Fediverse!

Profiles are the primary way for people using Mastodon to ‘meet’ one another on a deeper level – beyond a threaded conversation or search results. You might have noticed that the overall design of Profiles hasn’t been explored in a while, and in the meantime, we’ve heard requests and challenges from people who use Mastodon every day.

The third in our blog post series is by our Community Director, Hannah - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

Mastodon’s leadership team are sharing the vision and mission for the project, starting with a post from the Executive Director with an update on work towards the new non-profit, as well as the key plans for the coming year. We’ll continue to communicate openly about progress as we go forward!

Eugen Rochko: “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit.”

Mastodon 創設者の Eugen Rochko 氏は、10年続けた CEO を辞任し、ブランドや商標を非営利団体へ移管すると発表しました。 ソーシャルメディア運営は自身の性格に合わず、過度な注目や期待が精神的な負担となっていたことが理由です。 今後もプロジェクトには関わり続けますが、表舞台からは退き、Mastodon を創設者依存ではなくコミュニティ主導の形に進めていくとしています。

We are excited to share a significant milestone for Mastodon.

Mastodon 4.5 brings the long-awaited consent-respecting quote posts feature, as well as fetching replies from remote servers, and more customisation and moderation tools for admins.

Mastodon’s engineering and team update for October.

Mastodon 4.5 brings the long-awaited consent-respecting quote posts feature, as well as fetching replies from remote servers, and more customisation and moderation tools for admins. We hope you enjoy it!

Last year, we launched our first batch of plushies, and our community has embraced the #Plushtodon literally and figuratively. It sold out in Europe within a few weeks. Sadly, that means a lot of you missed out on the chance to get one. We’ve listened to your feedback and decided to bring the creature back with a few amendments: Size and color. For the first time, the #Plushtodon will be available in two flavourful colors, and half the size, making it much easier to fit within every household or mode of transport, while maintaining the delightful softness and squishiness that it’s come to be known for.

The Plushies return, available (in Europe) from the end of November…

Here’s a TechCrunch article on the topic too.

We’re excited to announce that Mastodon 4.4 is now generally available as an upgrade for all Mastodon servers. The update brings improvements to profiles, navigation, list management, media controls, server moderation notes, and more.

Some interesting new features incoming: * “Featured” tab on profiles * Browsing user’s activity on hashtag * Quote posts

Some interesting new features incoming: * “Featured” tab on profiles * Browsing user’s activity on hashtag * Quote posts

News from the Mastodon engineering team for March 2025 - including some big changes to the main code, updates to the mobile apps, Fediscovery progress, and the end of support for Mastodon 4.1.

Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.

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Eugen Rochkok, Mastodon softwarearen sortzailea eta instantzia handienaren mantentzailea denak, Mastodon irabazi asmorik gabeko erakunde bihurtu du. Eugenek bere soldata bertatik jasotzen du.