Mastodon Engineering (@MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social)
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The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing! Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements. For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames. Please test it out and provide feedback 💬 If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.1 #mastoadmin

Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.

For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.

Please test it out and provide feedback 💬

If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.