Now that I've dug my hands deep into the Mastodon core, it looks like it's definitely possible to get the original home instance counts for federated posts, not just your own server's local tally.

For boosts and favourites, recent versions of Mastodon already fetch the origin's reported totals when retrieving a post and store them as "untrusted counts" (untrusted because the remote server self-reports them). So a remote post carries the home server's actual numbers.

Replies are trickier, as they only federate to subscribed servers, so the local count tends to lag. However, you can fetch the full reply tree from the origin on demand.

I'm basing our algorithmic home feed exactly on that: boosts and favourites from the origin counts, and comments from a backfilled reply tree.

Add opt-in ranked home timeline (experimental)
#4
https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/pull/4

The numbers in question have been requested for ages:

Boosts and favourites counts #22627
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/22627

Show the number of reshares, likes, and comments directly in the timeline
#8280
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8280

#MastoAdmin #OpenSource #Mastodon #FYP

:skull360: We've successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.7.0-alpha.1+mementomods-2026-06-19, along with Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0. Two big milestones this round: Mastodon 4.6.0 officially shipped as stable on 17.6.2026, and our own Mastodon Bird UI theme reached its 4.0.0 stable release. We're already running the first nightly of the next cycle, v4.7.0-alpha.1 (today's version).

This update includes today's latest daily build with 56 new commits from upstream since our 13.6.2026 build (mementomods-2026-06-13).

What's new in Mastodon core, these are the changes the Mastodon Team have introduced in the latest nightly version we are running:

✨️ New features

- Mastodon 4.6.0 is officially out. After a long alpha, beta, and RC run, version 4.6 was released as stable on June 17, 2026, bringing Collections, redesigned profiles, email subscriptions, custom filter import and export, and everything else we've been previewing throughout the cycle. Naturally, we've been testing these features over the past few months already.

🔧 Fixes & improvements

- List navigation hotkeys now use Alt + PageUp and Alt + PageDown, the modifier was added so they no longer clash with normal page scrolling.
- Editing a media attachment twice without submitting in between now works.
- The audio player no longer errors out in Safari's Lockdown Mode.
- Hovercards now show up properly in the compose column.
- The report modal heading can now be translated correctly in every language.

♿ Accessibility

- Another round of web UI accessibility fixes landed as part of the final 4.6.0 polish.

📦 Dependency updates

- This round was mostly the 4.6.0 release finalisation, so only minor dependency bumps came with it.

🐦‍⬛ Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0 (stable)

Our theme reached its 4.0.0 stable release this round, the full modular rewrite built for Mastodon 4.6.0 and forward-compatible with 4.7.0-alpha.1. The big visible change for you is our brand new native favourite animation:

- Favourites now use a hand-rebuilt SVG burst animation instead of the old rotating sprite, recreated frame by frame in the classic Twitter style.
- There are two variants, a heart (shown by default) and a star. You can switch between them in Preferences, Appearance with the "use stars" toggle.
- The favourite counter and hover colour now match the icon, gold for the star and pink for the heart.
- The action-bar hover glow now sits centred on each icon (favourite, reply and boost) instead of drifting towards the counter number.
- Collection preview cards are now indented in feeds so they line up with the post content.
- Fixed the white, unreadable dropdown background on the settings pages (the native select popup).
- Fixed the boost and reply prepend line indentation that regressed after a Mastodon profile change (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/39521).

Source code:
https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts. :bunhdheart:

If anything feels off, please let us know!

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #BirdUI #MastodonBirdUI

Mastodon Bird UI v4.0.0 released for Mastodon v4.6.0 and v4.7.0-alpha.1.

Full changelog and release notes:
https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/4.0.0

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Olen pettynyt.

Tätä linkkiä voi jakaa Mastodonin ulkopuolelle, jos kaipailee helppoja ohjeita liittymiseen: https://mastodon-opas.fi/mastodon-liittyminen

#MastodonOpas #MastodonSuomi #MastoFi #MastodonFi

"Will People Miss the Open Web?

Some will. Most probably will not. That is the brutal part. People did not abandon BBSs because they hated them. They abandoned them because the Web was easier. People did not abandon Flash because they stopped liking animation. They abandoned it because better technologies and devices made it unnecessary. People did not stop using websites because websites were evil. They moved to apps because apps were more convenient. The same will happen with AI.

People will not say, "Today I reject the open Web." They will simply ask the assistant because it is faster. Convenience wins. Convenience replaces nostalgy, all the time. It almost always wins. The Web's biggest enemy is not ideology. It is not regulation (well, a bit yes). It is not even AI itself. It is convenience."

The Web We Know Is Going to Disappear
https://www.minid.net/2026/6/15/the-web-is-going-to-dissapear

#AI #OpenWeb #Internet