Tag Archive for ‘Eugen Rochko’

Eugen Rochko:

To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism, we’re launching a new feature today. You will notice that underneath some links shared on Mastodon, the author byline can be clicked to open the author’s associated fediverse account, right in the app. […]

The support for this tag is currently rolled out on mastodon.social and any other server that uses a recent Mastodon nightly release, but the feature will only show up for links to moderator-approved websites. In the future we would like to make the feature available to all without a manual review process.

I’ve implemented this here on Initial Charge. I have no idea if the site is moderator approved on mastodon.social or any other instance where the feature is available. But if you happen to see it in the wild, let me know if it’s working properly.

➝ Source: blog.joinmastodon.org

Eugen Rochko, writing on the Mastodon weblog:

We’re teaming up with the design agency Oak to update our homepage and our brand. We’re leaving the ubiquitous blue that every social app seems to have behind in favour of a vibrant purple. Our logo also gets some subtle shape fixes that makes it look more precise. […]

As for the brand updates, they will be rolled out gradually as we update multiple independent properties–the software itself, the iOS app, the Android app, the homepage, the documentation, this blog… So do not be alarmed if you do not see the purple everywhere at the same time.

I can’t say I’m too fond of the updated color, but I guess I’m more resistant to change than I used to be. It may grow on me. But for now, I’m glad Mastoot allows me to continue using the app’s blue icon and theme.

➝ Source: blog.joinmastodon.org

Eugen Rochko:

We’ve added one of the most requested functions among our competitors, the ability to edit posts. Since older Mastodon versions would not understand the edits, the function is disabled in the web app until more Mastodon servers upgrade to 3.5, but all parts are already included in the release. The original and previous versions of the posts are saved and remain accessible through a history view. And people who have previously shared the post get notified about any edits, so they can un-share if there’s foul play.

I’m skeptical. I don’t know if this will actually be a net positive change long term. But it seems to be a logical approach, so I’ll reserve judgement until it’s actually enabled on most instances for a while.

Another addition is the Explore page, which will list trending links, hashtags, and recommended users. It doesn’t seem to be very useful on small instances — the tab listing recommended users is the only one that isn’t empty at the moment. But it looks like it will be a great tool for discoverability on larger instances.

➝ Source: blog.joinmastodon.org