Notices by Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social)

We’re kicking off a new series: Community Spotlights.

Through these stories, we celebrate the people who make the #SocialWeb a wonderful place to connect.

Our first subjects are @Tzipporah & @Yehuda, the grandfather & grandkid duo that admin #TurtleIsland, a server focused on building community with Native/Indigenous people, other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) people, and allies.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/

#Mastodon #Fediverse

RE: https://mastodon.social/@imanijoy/116516874504739572

Join us at Discovery Week, starting in 7 days!

We can't wait to hear your thoughts on the future of Mastodon's UX.

@andypiper 💞

We're sharing that Andy Piper has decided to move on from #Mastodon after three years. We’re grateful for the impact Andy had; his numerous contributions will not be forgotten.

@andypiper joined as DevRel Lead and later became Head of Comms. Andy was integral promoting our mission on stages all over the world and helped lay the groundwork for key areas like developer relations and public relations at Mastodon. Thank you for being part of our team, Andy, and we wish you all the best!

If you want to reach someone at Mastodon, get in touch with our leadership team: @mellifluousbox @renchap @haubles @imanijoy @Gargron

Thank you for sharing your feedback, and apologies for the geography-specific language! We will be more mindful next time. :)

Thank you for pointing that out, Pieter! We'll will be more mindful next time. [September/October/November] 2026

Sorry to hear that! The "human-centred" in our post is in reference to the design process we are using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-centered_design

Hey! That is absolutely our intent. The sprint is referring to the 5-days of workshops Imani is holding in May. The learnings from these workshops and surveys will be discussed, shared, and incorporated into a design for 5.0 over the course of months, with 5.0 slated to release in the Fall.

If it's not loading for you now, please bookmark the link and check again soon. It looks like we're hitting a rate limit. :)

It should be fixed now, let us know if it's still not working.

https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/116489470824829283

You heard it here first: Mastodon 5.0 (eta Fall 2026) will introduce major improvements to the core user experience. We're making Mastodon the most human-centred software on the #SocialWeb.

That’s where you come in.

Discovery Week 🗓️ 11-15 May 2026

Join our Head of Design @imanijoy for a jam-packed 5 day sprint inviting stakeholders from within and beyond Mastodon to weigh in on the future of the product.

See how you can get involved and contribute: https://app.hi.events/events/6360/mastodon-design-team

We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund 🎉

This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/

Some new t-shirt and pin designs are available in our store, and you can also get free downloadable posters to help to spread Mastodon!

#mastodon #merchtodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/new-t-shirts-pins-and-posters/

We’re ready to show you a new feature coming in Mastodon 4.6 - Collections. These are a way for people on Mastodon to curate and share bundles of accounts that they’d recommend to others, to help find connections and grow their network more quickly.

In a new blog post, @imanijoy provides a deeper dive into the design process for Collections, and explains what we’ve included (and things that are left out) for the first release. We’ll be enabling this feature on mastodon.social next week, and rolling it out more widely in Mastodon 4.6 very soon. We’re excited to hear what you think!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/designing-collections/

The initial release will be a starting point, while we learn from your feedback. The early focus is on creating Collections, with search and additional discovery options to come later. There are a few choices we’ve made (on size, following, etc) that we expect to revisit.

Following on from yesterday's blog post about the new design for profiles coming in Mastodon 4.6... here is the video of @imanijoy recent talk at @fossdesign where they discuss the challenges and detailed thought that goes into the design of new features (and the redesign of existing ones). 🖌️

#FOSSBack #Mastodon #OpenSourceDesign #UX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxpTvbTy54

There's much more to discover! Read the blog post for more information, and let us know what you think.

These updates will start to appear on mastodon.social and other servers running nightly builds from today, and will be available to everyone in Mastodon 4.6, coming in a few weeks.

Profile editing is now a unified experience, with everything in a single view. You can also now add alt text for profile and cover photos.