• Fixed sending emails for direct messages from the fediverse. We had disabled this temporarily when there was a series of spam attacks from Mastodon and forgot to re-enable it.

  • Added support for using post categories in email newsletter templates.

  • Added support in the new post screen on the web for showing the auto-generated photo description if it’s available. Requires the AI setting toggled on and Micro.blog Premium. See this YouTube video for details.

  • Fixed an issue with stalled photos being processed with AI for search and accessibility text.

  • We are investigating a potential security issue. If you ever notice anything strange in your account — especially posts appearing on your blog that you didn’t write! — please let us know via email to help@micro.blog. Thank you.

  • Fixed adding the first inline link in blog posts to LinkedIn for cross-posting, better matching support for Mastodon and other services.

  • Fixed replying to some Bluesky user domain names when you get a reply from a Bluesky user.

  • Added a help page with a link to Manton’s video about photos search, plus related details, limitations, and API support.

  • Fixed using <!–more–> in email newsletters to split a post into intro and full content.

  • Hosted blogs were down briefly tonight. Everything should be running smoothly now and we’re monitoring the servers that had an issue.

  • Added a new setting for LinkedIn cross-posting. On the “Edit Sources & Cross-posting” page, you can now switch from posting to your LInkedIn connections only or to anyone.

  • Fixed some intermittent errors on the Uploads page.

  • Fixed an issue with multiple source feeds where cross-posting might not be enabled.
    Fixed broken photo thumbnail right after uploading a new photo.

  • There was some downtime again on the core web platform. It has been resolved. Thanks for your patience.

  • Micro.blog for Android has been updated, catching up with recent changes on the iOS side. Grab the latest version in Google Play.

  • Sorry for the downtime. We had a major server error, all fixed now. 😴

  • Using WordPress with Micro.blog? There’s a new version of Micro.blog for iOS in the App Store that fixes posting to WordPress blogs.

  • Fixed a couple new issues, with registering plug-ins, retrieving @-mentions from Bluesky, and Sign in with Apple.

  • Fixed several new issues, including email newsletters not going out this week, and a work-around for images on the WordPress CDN.

  • Some uploads were delayed today. It’s all fixed now, and anything that didn’t show up right away should now be available.

  • Fixed errors with Tumblr cross-posting.

  • Fixed a couple additional issues with today’s backend changes, for the following users list and scheduling posts.

  • Fixed a new issue with emoji and special characters in external RSS feed titles.

  • Several fixes were made today, including mentioning Mastodon usernames with dashes in the domains, support for uploading WebM video files, better newsletter email address import, and other little tweaks.

  • We deployed a bunch of (mostly) behind-the-scenes changes this morning. There were a couple glitches that I’ve now fixed. If anyone notices new problems, don’t hesitate to reach out.

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