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.

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[–] 9 points 4 months ago

I love how the fediverse moves with care instead of "break stuff and move quick". I'm sure this might turn some people off but social media should not be taken lightly, specially with all the news on how it affects us.

Keep it up Mastodon!

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    [–] 24 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    We’re also making it possible to add alt text for profile pictures and headers now, making your profile more accessible for blind and visually impaired users.

    That's good!

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not even sure I can describe my header picture.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago*

    Ooh, so a collection is like a starter pack? I've definitely got a couple ideas for those. Wait, what if somebody doesn't want be in a collection? Is it like opt-in or something?

    Edit: ahh ok, so there's a toggle in your profile for whether you want people to be able to add you to collections, andddddd you can also remove yourself from one afterwards. I would imagine this might mean that collections can't include accounts from other fediverse platforms though, right? Like somebody on Loops won't have opted in, because that toggle doesn't exist for them.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    For now, finding collections is very manual, primarily through word of mouth. In the future, we are planning to introduce some ways to browse and discover popular collections.

    ok, so any recommendations of interesting collections?

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I started using mastodon more lately,but I still don't really know the ins and outs. Does anyone have a resource on how to use mastodon properly?

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