Something I miss in the #Pixelfed & #Mastodon software: the possibility to have lists (like the circles in Google+) and show some content really only for some close friends.
I don't wanna show everything to all and have more privacy. So I still need to send everything via Signal and co.
i have no idea if #misskey写真部 , #lemmy or any other #fediverse software has that feature.
#featurerequest #privacy #circles #privacybydesign #privacybydefault

@openvibe why do posts in the notification view look totally different then on the timelines?

I would like the notification view to look just like the other timelines.

I want open file formats with alt-text metadata that are compatible with most Fediverse software:
Upload an image or video to Mastodon, Pixelfed or whatever, that has alt-text metadata and it will automatically display the alt-text in the Fediverse.
Download the file and it will keep the alt-text.

Bonus: A metadata field for Fediverse creator. So people can download and repost media files and they will display the original creator just like Mastodon can do with link previews.

EDIT: In the replies we've gathered so far:
* There is an existing issue for Mastodon: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14903 (I don't open Microsoft GitHub™, so I didn't read it)
* PNG and probably many other file formats already have appropriate metadata tags that could be used.
* Fedi devs have to agree on one way to implement this -> #FEP
* While uploading a file you should be able to edit or replace the metadata alt text with your own alt text and then be able to choose whether you want to replace the file's metadata or not (So your post can display the alt text that is specifically relevant to your post, while the file can be downloaded with a more general alt text).

@Gargron Is there any way to keep Lemmy posts like this out of our timelines other than blocking individual users and domains after the fact?

If there isn't, I wonder if you've contemplated service level filters. I'd definitely use it.

While I'm sure some users love getting posts like this, I bet there is a sizeable if not larger group that doesn't.

Thanks in advance.

Dear Mastodon makers, could we add some more options to the "Automatic Deletion" section of settings?

Currently it's only for our own posts but allowing for bookmark, favorite, and boost deletion with similar options would be pretty handy.

We need to keep this complex machine in top condition!

Hi @tagesschau, #FeatureRequest: Datumsangaben vor den Artikeln auf Themenseiten wie https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales wären super!

#Mastodon #FeatureRequest

It would be really cool if you could post a second poll following a first, that was restricted to ONLY the people that voted in the first. Maybe a special "Post Privacy" button that says, "Only to voters in the previous poll" or something that's not quite so long and cumbersome.

Dear @signalapp and @Mer__edith ,

please allow me to ask for a Signal feature: can we please get the possibility to add a custom text to each photo we (bulk) share in chats and stories?

Actually you can only have one text for the whole story and bulk shared photos, but I am sure many of us like to share stories and stuff with text for each photo.

Thanks for thinking about it!

#Signal
#FeatureRequest
#Improvement
#PhotoSharing
#Storytelling

#featureRequest #Boost vorbehaltlich #Bildbeschreibung.

Oft seh ich gute Posts, die ich gern boosten würde, die aber keinen #alttext haben. Oft wird das später per Edit nachgereicht, was ich nicht mitbekomme.
Ich stelle mir das so vor:
- Ich drücke auf Boost und weil kein Alttext, Option vorbehaltlicher Boost
- Autor*innen sehen dass sie x vorb. Boosts haben und sind ggf. motiviert, Alttext zu ergänzen
- Bei Ergänzung werde ich notifiziert und kann nach Prüfung des Alttext den Boost committen

Mastodon Feature Request.

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This is a Mastodon Feature Request I noted down on Etherpad.

https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/spam/timeslider#72

Mastodon should have a feature where you can write your posts in multiple languages, so that people don't have to rely on the automatic translation for those languages.

I'd like to provide my posts in both English and Danish, for example.

Neu im Forum:

Feature Wunsch: KI-Wizard für Fragesteller

https://t3forum.net/d/863-feature-wunsch-ki-wizard-fuer-fragesteller

dear #DuckDuckGo or other search engine: I want a little button next to every #search result that lets me exclude it from all search results for me, personally, forever. With an option to block the entire domain.

I'm definitely looking at #pinterest but there's just a lot of #AI slop out there. Tons of AI-generated websites. Even without the AI search "helper" things, I get a lot of shit that is just really low quality.

I don't think I see this witih DDG (there is a "give feedback" button with unclear effects on my personal search experience) and I'm not familiar with many other search engines now (except google and no). But if there's something out there that already has this functionality, I'll be happy to check it out and happy for the referral.

One super-frustrating UX choice in @Mastodon's "advanced web interface" is that if I click on a post in my Home column to expand it and read replies, the post loads in another column (it has no label and I don't even know what to call it) and the Home column for some insane reason resets its position to the top.

So effectively, I pretty much never manage to read everything that came into my home column while I slept because any time I want to read something in more depth the column resets to the newest posts and eventually I get tired of having to scroll through stuff I've already scrolled through multiple times to find my way back to the older unread stuff.

This has got to be someone's intentional choice to have it do this and it's a terrible experience. The column should stay scrolled to the position of the post that's been clicked on and not take away the user's control over when to go to the top of the timeline.

@medium can you add a meta tag to articles on your platform allowing for author attribution anywhere they're shared on Mastodon?

Your systems know my Mastodon handle for my about page, and

<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@ davidaugust @ mastodon.online">

(without spaces) in head section of my articles will let people know I wrote them no matter who shares them on Mastodon.

Mastodon's post about this:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/

A feature request I'd like to file if I can find the submit spot for #mastodon –

…while we can click "Hide" on an image tht someone posts, there doesn't seem to be a way to hide the images in a news link, or website link.

What are those called now? They used to be called TwitterCards in the old place I think.

It's unpleasant to have to see pics of you-know-who or his cronies in your feed even though I *do* want to keep seeing the news toots.

Think it'll be nice if @phanpy could show git like diff for post edit history similar to what github does for comment edits.

Wondering if there is a tool or app that provides statistics on your #mastodon or #fediverse follows, in terms of number of posts and reposts. I followed a bunch of accounts early on after I first joined, and am finding that my main feed is very busy these days. Looking to dial back a bit