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In case you missed it, Mastodon now lets you edit posts 🥳

You can edit any post you've made, and it will send a notification to people who have already interacted with it to prevent any hijinks or shenanigans. It also lets people see the previous versions.

You can access it through your server's website and some third party apps, for example iPhone/iPad app Toot! and Android app Fedilab.

(The official app doesn't yet support it, so it's another good reason to check out third party apps.)

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Tali (they/them)

@feditips unfortunately Tusky doesn't have it yet

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Party Sam

@feditips

That's a great implementation. Edit button should be implemented only with post history visible to everyone.

Wikipedia does that, and it is very helpful, for 'hot topics' especially.

Happy that Mastodon got it right from the beginning.

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aran

@feditips I've noticed that when I edit posts, I cannot add image descriptions to the images. This is my primary reason for editing posts, especially cross-posted retweets from Twitter. I have to delete and redraft them to add captions.

Is this something that could be fixed?

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Oakland Techno Serf

@feditips
I just went through trying to edit some posts on Android and Fedilab was the only open source app that I found that supported editing. So far it seems the best fediverse client I've tried

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Ryann Foster

@feditips I sure would like to find the answer to this problem so I can start using a different app with these great features. I signed up for Mstdn a couple of weeks ago using the Mastodon app. Replied to confirmation email. Can’t log into browser or Metatext using this email. Should I start over on browser, creating a new account?

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NomadicNerd (StoleUrSweetroll)

@feditips not seeing an edit button on Metatext either. When will the official mastodon iPhone app support it?

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JustAnotherKaren

@feditips Thank you for sharing this!! I forgot my hashtags and was able to go back and add them. Awesome! 😎

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UncoveredMyths

@feditips

A few servers are not yet upgraded to the latest software either. So, edit isn't fully available to everyone yet. Soon.

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StuartHemming

@feditips doesn't work on Tusky yet, either

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Ronsboy67

@feditips Oh dear! I mean, the edit function is AWESOME, poor hand-eye coordination means I've used it a lot, hence "oh dear" for all those who've received notifications of all my typo fixes🤣🤦‍♂️

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Jean-Jacques 🇪🇺 🇳🇱

@feditips
The internet client also has this feature.

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Channelgrace

@feditips awesome

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Irène Delse

@feditips Still doesn't work on Android apps. It would be nice to put "for Apple users" in the original post.

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Lou Reynolds

@feditips not in Metatext yet either

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Tom Barkas

@feditips Just tested Toot! and it does! Hooray!

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Paulo Laureano

@feditips @PodcastPortugalics

“Toot!” For iPhone and iPad supports editing toots…

mrnet.pt/@pls/1094100484598712

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KSM

@feditips
Marvellous. Thank you!

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Michael

@feditips Anyone feel like showing Jack Dorsey that this apparently wasn't that fucking hard?

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Ima B. Me Ⓥ ☑️

@feditips : Or, rather than download a Mastodon app from app store, simply browse/login directly to your Mastodon account, via your mobile device browser app (e.g., DuckDuckGo, Chrome, etc.) That UI is excellent!

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Reverend Blair

@feditips Oh sure. I can't manage to edit real things I write, but now I'm expected to go back and edit my Mastadon posts.
Next you'll be expecting me to proof-read and whatnot.
This is why Steve Earle went on heroin!

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