Post by @brook@sunny.garden

The Mastodon v5.0 web redesign is going to make people so mad

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/10/5.0-a-closer-look/

It's live now on https://mastodon.social and https://mastodon.online if you want to take a look, but the posting interface has also completely changed, which you'll need an account to play with with.

If you want to (politely) provide feedback before it gets rolled out to more servers (including this one), you can do so on the new Mastodon Community Forum https://community.joinmastodon.org

* I'm sure some people will like it, but... it's going to annoy many.

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5.0: A closer look

October is here, and it's almost time for Mastodon's 5.0 release! We announced our plans for big changes back in August. In this companion article, we're hoping to shed light on some of the decisions behind this major UI overhaul.

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kaimac

@kaimac@sunny.garden 1 hr. ago

@brook favourites are now likes?

Lauren Weinstein

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org 1 hr. ago

@kaimac @brook Here's a plan. Leave the damned UI alone other than making the maximum post size settable easily by admins without requiring rebuilding the bloody stack. I'm betting that they still have that ridiculous 500 character restriction in the 5.0 as it stands, 'cause they thin' they know better than everyone else. And fix the ridiculous quoting system that doesn't work worth you know what.

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@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social 29 min. ago

@lauren @kaimac @brook I had a similar reaction when I saw this nonsense. How is post size not a policy question? And shouldn't policy be a tunable?

I'd also throw in the illogical buttons: one opens a reply. One favorites the post. One, smack in the middle of those two...opens a frelling _menu_. Next time you diddle the UI, maybe just make two _separate_ buttons for those actions.

David Chartier

@chartier@toot.cafe 2 hr. ago

@brook Can I ask what’s wrong with it? I tried doing a little digging but can’t find much outside of the basic news/status/GitHub stuff (and a glowing post from a social media blog about the new composer).