I just got a shock.
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Same here. This is not an UI change but a change in functionality. No search box, not using the space on my screen (desktop) or wasting the space on my screen with whitespace (phonebrowser, I only see two posts maximum at a time).
This can't have been tested with a variety of users right? I still wonder whether something simply went wrong.
@Pepijn Search is now hidden behind Explore (not at all intuitive). I can't edit the alt texts anymore (bug?), I need an extra click "new post" which sends a very small pop up to the right bottom instead of the height of my eyes like before ... everything's smaller, so many flaws ...
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@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Same here. Besides being totally non-intuitiv I can't find today's trends which I've activated in the preferences. And to write a new toot I need to click on the "New post" button on the left which opens the edit window on the right of the screen. Who thought this was a great idea? The new UI just looks like a colossal waste of space.@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Sorry, @NatureMC,for ranting against the UI here in your thread. I'm just in shock and anger.
Besides I had to cut my previous post because the UI kept telling me that using 480 of 500 text characters is just too long
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@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Same here. Besides being totally non-intuitiv I can't find today's trends which I've activated in the preferences. And to write a new toot I need to click on the "New post" button on the left which opens the edit window on the right of the screen. Who thought this was a great idea? The new UI just looks like a colossal waste of space.@hhttg This! And yes, the trends are gone ...
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Someone commented it looks like X. That makes me think what this looks like is an attempt to change a social media platform into a broadcasting platform where "big voices" are seen but comments, discussion and minor voices are drawn out.
Simply scrolling down my feed that is the impression you get now.
@Pepijn I’m starting to lose all interest in using Mastodon. I’m going to spend a bit of time on Bluesky.
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@LaimesKudikis Yes. And Likes/Boosts with their numbers got more prominent, as if they try to copy the big platforms now.
@NatureMC That's exactly what I thought after getting over the first wave of "what-the-hell-has-happened-here".
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@Pepijn I’m starting to lose all interest in using Mastodon. I’m going to spend a bit of time on Bluesky.
@NatureMC Hah
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@andijah I hope that they still learn from our feedback.
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@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Sorry, @NatureMC,for ranting against the UI here in your thread. I'm just in shock and anger.
Besides I had to cut my previous post because the UI kept telling me that using 480 of 500 text characters is just too long.@hhttg I rant too, no problem!
Meanwhile I'm so angry: yes, i had the same problem with the character limit, I tried 3 times to post something under 500 characters in vain.
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@NatureMC Hah
From this update it seems @MastodonEngineering also prefers the not-social model of social-media Bluesky is designed for.@Pepijn I was serious about switching to Bluesky for the rest of the day (I have an account there). It looks better and works well.
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@hhttg I rant too, no problem!
Meanwhile I'm so angry: yes, i had the same problem with the character limit, I tried 3 times to post something under 500 characters in vain.
To publish such a slop version ... wait, perhaps it was vibe coding? 🥶 -
@NatureMC Hah
From this update it seems @MastodonEngineering also prefers the not-social model of social-media Bluesky is designed for.You are both on mastodon.online. That server runs version "v4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-05", which sounds a little too on-the-edge for a 8K user instance.
Version "v4.7.3" is the latest official release:
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@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Same here. Besides being totally non-intuitiv I can't find today's trends which I've activated in the preferences. And to write a new toot I need to click on the "New post" button on the left which opens the edit window on the right of the screen. Who thought this was a great idea? The new UI just looks like a colossal waste of space.@hhttg @NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff …That's odd, the lower-right corner had a smaller button to open the composer in the mockups they showed off a couple months ago
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You are both on mastodon.online. That server runs version "v4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-05", which sounds a little too on-the-edge for a 8K user instance.
Version "v4.7.3" is the latest official release:
@mjack I know that they test every new version on our instance. Therefore, I rant at once that they see what they did.
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@mjack I know that they test every new version on our instance. Therefore, I rant at once that they see what they did.
They plan it for all .... https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/5.0-laying-the-foundation/I've never noticed the difference between mastodon.social and mastodon.online before, but if they are using mastodon.online as a test bed, that should be shown prominently on the About page. I don't think:
"A newer server of Mastodon, operated by Mastodon GmbH for the common good"
quite covers it.
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I've never noticed the difference between mastodon.social and mastodon.online before, but if they are using mastodon.online as a test bed, that should be shown prominently on the About page. I don't think:
"A newer server of Mastodon, operated by Mastodon GmbH for the common good"
quite covers it.
@mjack I have no influence on it (both instances are run by Mastodon, and are the first for changings). https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/5.0-laying-the-foundation/
Give your critics directly to the responsables like @imanijoy or @MastodonEngineering
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Clicking Quotes opens now to extern servers, that I have to put the URLs into search to interact with the original?
I can't edit alt texts?? (Or I'm just too bad to find all this stuff)@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff @imanijoy hi! What happens when you try to edit alt text? I can't reproduce that issue here
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@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff
Sorry, @NatureMC,for ranting against the UI here in your thread. I'm just in shock and anger.
Besides I had to cut my previous post because the UI kept telling me that using 480 of 500 text characters is just too long. -
@hhttg I rant too, no problem!
Meanwhile I'm so angry: yes, i had the same problem with the character limit, I tried 3 times to post something under 500 characters in vain.
To publish such a slop version ... wait, perhaps it was vibe coding? 🥶 -
@NatureMC @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon @staff @imanijoy hi! What happens when you try to edit alt text? I can't reproduce that issue here
@ClearlyClaire I usually clicked 'edit' on the post, could edit this, and by clicking the alttext buttons edit those. At the moment, the button for the alttexts are no more clickable in edit mode. (Browser version, PC)
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