I think Mastodon's new UI design is good. It appears to be evolving in the same direction as #Mitra. For example, our "Lists" are already called "Custom feeds" and there is a hidden "Explore" page which will soon be added to the sidebar, replacing "Local", "Federated" and "Profile directory" (this is to free some space for new features such as groups)

RE: mastodon.social/users/Mastodon…

Mastodon

2026-08-18 15:29:36

After publishing the results of Discovery Week, we can now give you a first sneak peak at Mastodon 5.0, our next big version. It will bring a new visual look to your screens, a refreshed and calmer layout, as well as a new composer.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/…

#mastodon #mastodon5.0

5.0: Laying the foundation

First looks at the upcoming changes to Mastodon’s composer and navigation on web

^{Mastodon Blog}

#Mitra v5.8.0

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- Added "Group members" page. In this release it only displays FEP-1b12 group moderators and FEP-5219 group admins.
- Added "Reactions" tab to user's own profile page.
- Display "in group {group}" subheader if post is addressed to a group.
- Search box can resolve ap:// URLs with gateways and @gateway parameters.
- Implemented forwarding of FEP-0806 EncryptedActivity activities.

#Mitra v5.7.0

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- Improvements related to groups: adding group description, editing and deleting groups, better navigation.
- Showing total number of voters in polls.
- The "Posts and replies" tab was removed from the profile page, replaced with filters (show reposts / show replies).

#Mitra 大概是「修」好了。

之所以打引号，是因为其实是用一个 dirty fix 掩盖了原本的 TODO……

#Mitra v5.6.0

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- Federated groups (communities). It was possible to interact with FEP-1b12 groups on other platforms before, but now you can create your own groups.

#Mitra v5.5.0

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- List of followed groups, group timelines and the ability to post to a group. The list of groups can be accessed from the menu on your profile page.
- "Load conversation" item was added to the post menu (admin only). Unlike "Load replies", it loads an entire thread, not just replies to the selected post.
- Partial support for ActivityPub outbox POST (only Like activities, disabled by default).

#Mitra v5.4.0

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- All users can load latest and featured posts from remote profiles. Previously this action was only available to admins.
- A category can be specified when adding an emoji to local collection. Mitra Web doesn't support emoji categories yet, but categorization should work in other clients.
- Improved reliability of the media proxy.
- Added command groups: account, ap, config, emoji, filter, invite, media. They are currently hidden from the main list of commands. Use help subcommand to view information about a group: mitra filter help.

又试着给 #Mitra 打了个补丁，应该是可以解决 Sharkey 用户无法关注 Mitra 的问题了。

然而这似乎会导致 Mastodon（准确来说是 activitypub.academy）的错误：failed to deliver activity to https://activitypub.academy/users/xxx/inbox: response size exceeds limit，然而的然而似乎可以正常关注和取关，其他 Mastodon 兼容应用（只测试了 GoToSocial）似乎也没有这个问题，希望只是这一个实例的事情。

@silverpill Probably someone who is very staunchly opposed to blockchains, crypto and NFTs...

...vs earlier Mitra that openly advertised exactly that stuff as its own future.

To be honest, I'm not too fond of these three either.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mitra