Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page.
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Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page. We've used community feedback and surveys to inform these updates. In our latest blog post, @imanijoy explains our design thinking and choices. Here are a few highlights 🧵
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/
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if the post was from another instance, depending upon your server's retention policy, it may "forget" older posts
you can't search posts that aren't public
and people may change their settings to make their posts unsearchable
i found that search only returns the first few posts. at which point it's helpful to take the last returned post, get the date on it, and search again adding the search term "before:2024-04-25" for example to get the next page of results
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We've reworked featured hashtags, pinned posts, and custom fields to make the most important details more easily discoverable, and make better use of vertical space.
i have a pinned post that doesn't show up anymore
i tried pinning it/ unpinning it again: nope
i tried pinning and unpinning others posts: fine
it still shows up on the mobile app as pinned, but not the web
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i have a pinned post that doesn't show up anymore
i tried pinning it/ unpinning it again: nope
i tried pinning and unpinning others posts: fine
it still shows up on the mobile app as pinned, but not the web
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no it's not that
i have indeed tried that as well
i'm going to mull it over, think if i forgot anything stupid (which while not what you have indicated, it's possible i missed something else obvious) then potentially file a bug report
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no it's not that
i have indeed tried that as well
i'm going to mull it over, think if i forgot anything stupid (which while not what you have indicated, it's possible i missed something else obvious) then potentially file a bug report
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it's very strange. it's something about this one particular post. because it's a reply? because it has embedded video?
it's public, i checked that
i'll puzzle over it
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it's very strange. it's something about this one particular post. because it's a reply? because it has embedded video?
it's public, i checked that
i'll puzzle over it
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interesting
i did do some tests like:
find another post of mine with embedded video: pins fine
find another post that was a reply i made (EDIT: to my own post, perhaps an excluding criteria): pins fine
but if you are having flakiness too in this domain there could be something to it
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interesting
i did do some tests like:
find another post of mine with embedded video: pins fine
find another post that was a reply i made (EDIT: to my own post, perhaps an excluding criteria): pins fine
but if you are having flakiness too in this domain there could be something to it
followup:
you got it!
i pinned the comment above and it does not show up on the new web ui profile (but does show up on the mobile app)
i'm going to file a bug report and reference this thread
maybe the criteria is a reply nested deep/ a reply to someone else
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followup:
you got it!
i pinned the comment above and it does not show up on the new web ui profile (but does show up on the mobile app)
i'm going to file a bug report and reference this thread
maybe the criteria is a reply nested deep/ a reply to someone else
@benroyce Interestingly, if I have a column for my profile open, I'll see the new pin immediately when I make it. If I then view something else and then re-open my profile, it won't be visible anymore (the show replies toggle doesn't seem to affect this behaviour). Also on the web app (don't have a mobile device to check the mobile app with) @Mastodon
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@benroyce Interestingly, if I have a column for my profile open, I'll see the new pin immediately when I make it. If I then view something else and then re-open my profile, it won't be visible anymore (the show replies toggle doesn't seem to affect this behaviour). Also on the web app (don't have a mobile device to check the mobile app with) @Mastodon
so this post of yours is the one i'm linking in the bug report, since you have further info on behavior/ conditions
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so this post of yours is the one i'm linking in the bug report, since you have further info on behavior/ conditions
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i just had a thought:
perhaps the mastodon team did this on purpose?
on the rationale that pinning a reply to someone else can be construed as a harassment vector
which is fine
but we should know if so
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i just had a thought:
perhaps the mastodon team did this on purpose?
on the rationale that pinning a reply to someone else can be construed as a harassment vector
which is fine
but we should know if so
@benroyce @Mastodon Absolutely, there's nothing about pinning and replies documented that I can see https://github.com/mastodon/documentation/blob/main/content/en/user/discoverability.md
If that's the case though, then the fact that pinning reply will immediately appear on my profile if I already have a column with it open must be a bug. Feels like there's something unintended happening either way.
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@benroyce @Mastodon Absolutely, there's nothing about pinning and replies documented that I can see https://github.com/mastodon/documentation/blob/main/content/en/user/discoverability.md
If that's the case though, then the fact that pinning reply will immediately appear on my profile if I already have a column with it open must be a bug. Feels like there's something unintended happening either way.
yeah that makes sense: appear/ disappear smells like a bug, not policy
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@gunchleoc @imanijoy @kayrah87
It's a little niggle and I like Mastodon otherwise, including the instance I'm on (I have a small monthly DD donation running to support it). I'd be very reluctant to start over somewhere else.
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Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page. We've used community feedback and surveys to inform these updates. In our latest blog post, @imanijoy explains our design thinking and choices. Here are a few highlights 🧵
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/
@Mastodon These look like great updates, thank you for your work!
but I NEED a search bar for my bookmarks, hashtags, favorites and profile posts. A sorting filter for posts on a profile as oldest, newest, popular (based on the most boosts, comments and quoted posts)
