@afif we are as disappointed as you that we're not currently able to send out our merch more broadly! The issue is that we'd need to do paperwork (and incur costs) for every location we need to ship to, as well as finding ways to keep the delivery costs suitable in each region. We're based in […]

@pablo we would love to be able to ship worldwide, but it gets complicated and expensive. We are limited to the countries listed in our posts, sorry 😔 @Gargron

@farshidhakimy @ErikUden no, we just have not had it in stock yet 😂 nothing to do with customer data! 😬

@ErikUden you did not get the autumn mug. You will have to come back for that. 🍂

This important milestone also marks the beginning of a new era of community governance and collaborative decision-making for Mastodon. Now more than ever, we need to work together to build safe and resilient social spaces. We must build information networks that are resistant to billionaire […]

We’re also looking ahead to what comes next. In another blog post published today, we introduced Mastodon’s new leadership team. Our Executive Director is @mellifluousbox (formerly, CFO of Mastodon gGmbH), who has already represented Mastodon on international stages.

We also shared an […]

Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.

We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]

Thank you to all of the contributors to Mastodon 4.5! As always, we also appreciate your donations and support as we continue to build a better social web for everyone.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115503006012708370

We recommend that server owners update their Mastodon installations to bring these improvements to their communities as soon as they can. There are a lot of great updates, now ready for everyone.

Among many tweaks, and some polishing of the web interface, Mastodon 4.5 also now supports the use of native emoji 🎁

Server owners can do more to manage and showcase their community. Mastodon 4.5 has settings to define the visibility of different feeds (timelines), and also the ability to set the default landing page to the local feed. There are also new tools for […]

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The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

Mastodon 4.5 brings Quote Post authoring features to everyone. Note that you can manage whether or how your posts are quoted by others, both globally on the new Posting Defaults page, and individually on specific posts. You can also revoke the use of a post. We wrote about this in more detail a […]

@cheeaun sssh don't give away our product roadmap 🤫