Notices by Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social)

🎉 First release candidate for #Mastodon 3.1.0 is out for testing:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.1.0rc1

There are security-related fixes, improvements of admin functions like search by IP, announcements, bookmarks, and more.

#Mastodon 3.0: A short overview of some of our newest features

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/mastodon-3.0/

#Mastodon v2.9.1 is out 🎉

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.9.1

A new moderation API, audio uploads, and domain blocks that extend to subdomains automatically

Introducing the #Mastodon Server Covenant: Changes to the joinmastodon.org server picker

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/05/introducing-the-mastodon-server-covenant/

Improving support for adult content on Mastodon: Introducing Blurhash in Mastodon 2.8.1

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/05/improving-support-for-adult-content-on-mastodon/

"Decentralization is biodiversity of the digital world" - Reasons why you should care about how your social network is run and structured

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/12/why-does-decentralization-matter/

🎉 #Mastodon 2.6.0 is out! 🎉

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.6.0

- Link ownership verification
- Redesigned forms
- Revamped DMs column
- In-stream link previews
- More tootctl utilities for admins
- Improved admin UIs

And a load of bug fixes! 🐘

⚠️ Mastodon 2.5.2 ⚠️

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.5.2

Security backport release. Please update as soon as possible.

Mastodon v2.5.0rc1 (release candidate) is out for those who want to test it:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.5.0rc1

Improvements include:

- New profiles
- MySpace Top 8 (not really)
- Remote interactions for toots
- Federation relays
- Admin dashboard
- tootctl command-line interface
- and more! :toot:

🐘 New blog post: If you could edit tweets, or What's New In Mastodon 2.4 https://medium.com/tootsuite/if-you-could-edit-tweets-e9d8cee5e69b

The Mastodon bridge tool has got a facelift! https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/

You can sign in with Twitter and Mastodon to find Twitter friends in the fediverse. You can also send it to your Twitter friends, as it will show them their friends on Mastodon and point them to where they could make an account!

#Mastodon v2.4.0 is 🎉 finally out! 🎉

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0

The changelog is long, but here are some highlights:

- Better offline support
- DMs column
- New profile options
- Hide who you follow if you want
- 120% better report UI for mods
- Narrower privacy policy!
- High contrast theme
- Web Push API opened up to app developers! Easy push notifications possible in all apps now
- Performance improvements
- Various fixes and improvements 😋

The first release candidate for #Mastodon 2.4.0 is out: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0rc1

- DM column
- Better reports UI for admins
- Better privacy policy
- Bot account nameplates
- Custom emojis in profiles
- Custom profile properties

...lots of performance improvements and more!

We've discovered an issue in 2.3.2 that, in rare cases, allowed users to create accounts with the same username as existing accounts. If you have already upgraded to v2.3.2, it is recommended to upgrade to v2.3.3 as soon as possible.

v2.3.3 is a small patch and requires no extra steps, only getting the new code and restarting Mastodon.

A new rake task is included to troubleshoot/clean-up.

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.3.3

What is Mastodon? An animated video: https://youtu.be/IPSbNdBmWKE 🐘

#Mastodon v2.3.2rc5 (release candidate) is out:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.3.2rc5

If there are no issues, v2.3.2 will be out today or tomorrow.

#Mastodon 2.3.0 is out! 🎉

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.3.0

- Search your toots
- Download your archive
- Intelligent thumbnail crops
- Pinned toots
- Profile media galleries
- New landing page
- No more ugly media URLs in toots
- LDAP, CAS and SAML integrations
- and many more things!

New blog post: "The Centralization of Power on the Internet" https://medium.com/tootsuite/the-centralization-of-power-on-the-internet-bfd8841620ee

#Mastodon v2.2.0 is out:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.2.0

✅ Pretty templates for all e-mails
✅ Welcome e-mails
✅ Improved digest e-mails
✅ Fixed home timeline bugs for returning users
✅ Number of follow requests displayed in a badge
✅ And more!

The Mastodon bridge tool can be used to find Twitter friends in the Mastodon network https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/