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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

Oh ffs, Mastodon is turning the search term into a link. This is why we need Markdown syntax in Mastodon, for code snippets! See the image for the term you search, it's in the alt text also.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

An example. You want to add the hashtag #climate to a list. Search "@tag-climate". This will pull up the user relay.fedi.buzz/tag/climate. Follow them, and add them to a list. Done! If you don't want the hashtag's posts in your home feed, make the […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A screenshot of a Mastodon list that follows hashtags

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

@MonaApp / @jonny_kuang when I view certain posts on the official Mastodon app I see more replies than with both Mona 6 and 7. Attached is an example post viewed in Mona 6 and Mastodon. Any ideas?

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

This post is because I am trying to buy a paperback copy of a book and I am once again presented with a seller list like this. Zero EU options besides Amazon. I do not want to give my money to Amazon.

Screenshot of a book’s website suggesting i can buy the book from Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Bookshop.org
Indigo
Target

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

I don’t want to get y’all too worked up but quote posting just got ‘closed as completed’ on GitHub. So, coming soon I guess! Very satisfying to see a feature completed that was first requested in 2016 😄 #mastodev

A screenshot of issue 309 on GitHub for quote posts, saying ‘closed as completed’.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2025

@Gina can we please get rid of the custom CSS that Fosstodon uses to add underlines to everything? I had assumed that was default Mastodon UI but it's not. It's so heavy on the eyes! See the pics for an example of the same post on Fosstodon and Mastodon.social.

Post on fosstodon. Underlines everywhere!

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2025

"establish at the very least an obligation for companies to retain data sufficient to ensure that any user can be clearly identified (e.g. IP address and port number)" Well I guess anonymous VPN's wouldn't be allowed under that. @mullvadnet , thoughts on this one?!

A screenshot of the following text: establish at the very least an obligation for companies to retain data sufficient to ensure that any user can be clearly identified (e.g. IP address and port number)

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2025

"Establishing a research group to assess the technical feasibility of built-in lawful access obligations" We already know the technological feasibility. What a waste of time and money!

A screenshot of the following text: Establishing a research group to assess the technical feasibility of built-in lawful access
obligations (including for accessing encrypted data) for digital devices, while maintaining
and without compromising the security of devices and the privacy of information for all users
as well as without weakening or undermining the security of communications.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2025

"develop binding industry standards for devices brought to market in the EU, to integrate lawful access" As anyone with the most basic knowledge of encryption knows, there's no such thing as a secure backdoor. Anyone suggesting such a thing is either willfully ignorant or has nefarious intentions.

A screenshot of the following text: Conducting a comprehensive mapping of the current legislation in Member States to detail
the legal responsibilities of digital hardware and software manufacturers to comply with data
requests from law enforcement. It would also take into account specific scenarios and
requirements that compel companies to access devices, in compliance also with CJEU case-
law and case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The goal should be to develop an
EU-level handbook on that basis, and depending on the aforementioned mapping, to promote
the approximation of legislation within this area, and to develop binding industry standards
for devices brought to market in the EU, to integrate lawful access.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025

This is the functionality needed to give Mastodon lists Bluesky-feed-like functionality. It's all realistic and achievable IMHO. github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues… #mastodev #mastodon

Screenshot of the linked Github comment.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

@markhburton not what I meant, I mean native support for creating threads. Multiple 3rd-party apps have the feature but it'd be good to have it in mainline.

A screenshot of the Bluesky thread creation feature.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2024

Loving the updated UI in Mastodon v4.3.0; it's wonderful for my eyes to finally not be looking at Font Awesome icons. Next step: get rid of the excess borders everywhere. The obsession with lines just adds visual noise and makes the UI look dated. I'd also […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A screenshot of the current Mastodon UI.

A screenshot of the current Mastodon UI, made cleaner with some borders and unnecessary links removed.

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2024

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Brendan Jones @brendanjones.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2024

Hi @mozilla, can you please explain why you think it's okay to add a setting like this and turn it on by default? Especially when the user has already set their Browser Privacy setting to 'strict'? #privacy #firefox #advertising

A screenshot of the new Firefox preference, turned on by default: "Web Site Advertising Preferences.
Allow web sites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement.
This helps sites understand how their ads perform without collecting data about you."

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