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As we're working on Collections (an upcoming feature similar to "starter packs"), and improvements to the design of user profiles, we would like to hear from you!
Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.
#Mastodon #UserExperience #Design
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Are you a developer who likes to build on, or integrated with, Mastodon? We've got a great blog post for you, today - here's what is coming in Mastodon 4.5. The release candidate was tagged earlier today, with the final version really soon now 
(quote post authoring, AsyncRefresh API, and more)
Mastodon 4.5 contains several technical changes that developers will want to learn about.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing!
Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.
For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.
Please test it out and provide feedback 
If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.
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Our monthly #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update is out!
In September we polished the quote post feature, improved many bits of the UI and worked on some deeper technical changes to unlock future features. Read more on our blog to see what the team has been working on 
News about what the Mastodon team worked on in September. Quote posts initial release, preparing version 4.5, new Android and iOS releases, and more.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
We just shared our monthly engineering update from May - some big under-the-covers updates as we got ready to ship the first beta of Mastodon 4.4. Plus, a selection of links to cool projects from our community members. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/trunk-tidbits-may-2025/