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  • Otter@lemmy.caOPtoFediverse@lemmy.worldMastodon 4.3 released
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    1 month ago

    Helping writers and journalists

    In this version we’re introducing a new way to highlight writers and journalists on the fediverse. By adding a single line to their HTML, publishers can feature the fediverse profile of the page author in the link previews on Mastodon. That way, when lots of different people are sharing the link, or the link is trending in the News tab, you can easily navigate to the author’s fediverse profile and follow them right from within Mastodon to receive future updates. Publications like The Verge and TechCrunch are already using this.

    We’ve also put a fresh coat of paint on our website embeds. You’ve always been able to embed a Mastodon post on your own website, but we’ve made them look a lot better and gave them a more graceful fallback when the source is slow to load or no longer available. Of course, the dialog for embedding a post now looks a lot better as well, offering a simple click to copy button. Keep in mind that you can only embed posts that are public!

    Well that’s cool!








  • Otter@lemmy.catoReddit@lemmy.mlWhat in the fresh hell is this?
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    2 months ago

    does it know how to discern genuine user input from astroturfed marketing copy in disguise?

    even with upvote counts, it might be upvoted for being a funny joke response

    there’s also no way to click on a user’s profile to check if the activity is genuine, or if the user is experienced in the topic they are commenting about


  • Otter@lemmy.catoFediverse@lemmy.worldMap of 2000+ lemmy communities
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    2 months ago

    Would you be able to take a screenshot of the map and edit that in as the link URL? Nice thumbnails help a post be seen, and it might let people see the map when the site is getting a hug of death 😄

    Then just have the website link at the top of the post

    edit: It loaded for me, and I see why a screenshot wouldn’t make sense. There’s so much cool detail, thanks for sharing!




  • But I didn’t know Mbin could federate with Lemmy. But I’m sure Lemmy/Mbin probably won’t federate with Pixelfed, or Peertube.

    I think all of these are "don’t federate well currently ", but it’s a goal to improve federation over time

    For example, Lemmy is federating with Mastodon better than when I first joined. It’s also possible to subscribe to peertube channels from Lemmy, but it’s a bit buggy.