David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.run
Oct 20, 2026, 5:50 PMmastodon 5.0 regards viewing full posts as antisocial behaviour because
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- David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runOct 20, 2026, 6:33 PM
my psychic powers tell me our mastodon AI buddy scott jenson is involved. i have no smoking gun facts here, but it's the most scott fuckin' thing
Oct 20, 2026, 5:51 PM@davidgerard this is just like when lemmy decides that being up and not leaking memory is antirevolutionary behavior
Romain PoucletPalleas@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 5:55 PM@davidgerard I don't see that behaviour (which is a good thing) but I'm curious as to why 🤔
- David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runOct 20, 2026, 6:05 PM
@Palleas i am suspecting our AI pushing buddy scott jenson
Oct 20, 2026, 7:32 PM@davidgerard @Palleas No need to suspect: https://social.coop/@scottjenson/117473614309131678
- David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runOct 20, 2026, 7:39 PM
ValdusValdus@infosec.exchangeOct 20, 2026, 8:53 PM@davidgerard
I have a sudden and mysterious interest in activity pub server software developed on codeberg. Any suggestions?
@TCD @Palleas
George Dinwiddiegdinwiddie@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 6:15 PM@davidgerard Not only do they put the -- read more -- in short posts, but they hide the right-hand edge by putting them into columns that are too narrow.
George Liquor, Americanliquor_american@universeodon.comOct 20, 2026, 6:27 PM@gdinwiddie @davidgerard jfc, that's just downright user-hostile
Diondiondiondion@indieweb.socialOct 20, 2026, 7:49 PM@gdinwiddie @davidgerard It's a bug, put away the pitchforks and submit a bug report so we can fix.
May likes Torontomayintoronto@beige.partyOct 20, 2026, 6:29 PM@davidgerard This just in: Mastodon 5.0 drives clickbait headlines.
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We're gonna go full LinkedIn formatting. Because we can.
Sentences?! Schmentences.
This is what clickbait headlines taught me about B2B sales.
- George Liquor, Americanliquor_american@universeodon.comOct 20, 2026, 6:36 PM
@mayintoronto @davidgerard This post hiding behavior will get rolled back, mark my words. What an embarrassment
Russellzimzat@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 8:26 PM@liquor_american @mayintoronto @davidgerard I wonder if this is a browser or device specific rendering problem (error in `lh` overflow?), or if it's already been tweaked. So far I've only seen the "Read More" on longer posts in Explore, not inside reply threads (including the one someone else showed as an example in this thread).
Given the number of times I've seen entire blogs in my feed that are three pages long it has made me appreciate that the Phanpy client does this by default already.
- David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runOct 20, 2026, 8:48 PM
@zimzat @liquor_american @mayintoronto "Claude, fix this render bug. Also, add more squircles."
Eugen RochkoGargron@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 10:30 PM@davidgerard @zimzat @liquor_american @mayintoronto The Mastodon team does not use AI.
- David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runOct 20, 2026, 10:43 PM
Robert KingettWeirdWriter@caneandable.socialOct 21, 2026, 3:32 PMThis is fantastic to hear! My instance hasn't updated yet. I am eager to try out the #Accessibility @Gargron @davidgerard @zimzat @liquor_american @mayintoronto
John Ripleyjripley@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 6:34 PM@davidgerard My number 1 impression on first reload of the interface was "This is AI purple now"
Oct 21, 2026, 4:15 PM@jripley @davidgerard That's a great observation; you've put your finger on where things get really interesting. I'm excited to be exploring this with you—it's not just the background colour, it's the paradigm shift.
Adrian MariusGroleo@mathstodon.xyzOct 20, 2026, 6:40 PM@davidgerard
when the referrals matter more than vision
Perrin42Perrin42@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 7:26 PM
softproofsoftproof@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 7:26 PM@davidgerard As layout goes, my first impression was: what's with all the white space? Maybe slated for future ads?
All I know is a 1st year design student could do a better job with this, all things being equal. Which they appear not to be.
- Oct 21, 2026, 4:19 PM
@softproof @davidgerard "We’re headed towards more roundness to invite a friendlier brand tone" feels ominous to me. Anyone else?
meredithmariduv@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 7:55 PM@davidgerard opened up the ol' account to see what the fuss is over here and .... phew! i'm loving yet another case of "we consulted with the community" (the community on second sites with separate logins)
