<![CDATA[Long rant incoming...]]>Long rant incoming...

I hadn't looked at the BIO text field of my own Mastodon profile on the Web in quite awhile. Long ago I formatted it with one extra carriage return between each paragraph to increase legibility.

But now it's rendered as a compressed, hard to read single blob with no vertical spaces. WTF?!?

Why is Mastodon taking away my agency and butchering my typography? Is this going to happen to our posts next?

This insulting and unnecessary change needs to be backed out!

1/3

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9e47cfc9-94ff-476a-a8a8-ab593448acac/long-rant-incoming...RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:50:54 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 19:00:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:53:42 GMT]]>@lisamelton strikes me as related to the problem that no formatting is defined for either bios or posts, so each UI makes up its own rules, and each will misrender some posts/bios because they do conflicting things. It’s baffling that the spec doesn’t apply MIME types, especially with all the early comparisons to email. At least in this case there’s a clear fix, to restore the previous behavior

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116552264737049554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116552264737049554Sun, 10 May 2026 20:53:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:49:06 GMT]]>@noodlemaz @CStamp I take that back. It appears that i might be an error in the CSS from a cleanup pass through the stylesheet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552246684308797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552246684308797Sun, 10 May 2026 20:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:47:51 GMT]]>@Iloo It may not be deliberate to limit my expression. No idea.

But pitching a bitch because it seems like that is a good way to get an expeditious fix.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552241766693925https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552241766693925Sun, 10 May 2026 20:47:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:46:10 GMT]]>@ShadSterling It appears to be a glitch introduced by a change to the CSS. Unclear whether it was intentional.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552235109055485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552235109055485Sun, 10 May 2026 20:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:45:17 GMT]]>@lisamelton I do hope so!

Hard to say without knowing what's exactly in the designs, but it does look accidental.

And all the paragraphs are still there, so it is indeed just css change.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tooinconsistent.com/users/siwek/statuses/116552231660339489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tooinconsistent.com/users/siwek/statuses/116552231660339489Sun, 10 May 2026 20:45:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:42:14 GMT]]>@lisamelton From my experience as a developer I wouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that it's a deliberate action aimed at limiting your expresion (especially if it renders correctly in the edit) it might be that some function that is supposed to 'clean' potentially problematic characters/code/etc is a bit overzealous in deleting white spaces 😉 If it's deliberet then I agree it sucks and can be frustrating if you spent time and energy to make it look nice just for it to be ignored 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Iloo/statuses/116552219646652159https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Iloo/statuses/116552219646652159Sun, 10 May 2026 20:42:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:40:13 GMT]]>@lisamelton @CStamp but why..?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116552211705817410https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116552211705817410Sun, 10 May 2026 20:40:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:39:59 GMT]]>@lisamelton looks like it’s a display error, not changing the underlying data that gets displayed. Looks consistent with the way browsers collapse whitespace if the raw text is embedded in HTML without adding the corresponding tags and/or entities. I’ve lost track, are there Mastodon devs we could tag to bring this to their attention? Would you want them tagged in this thread?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116552210829838519https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116552210829838519Sun, 10 May 2026 20:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:39:47 GMT]]>@siwek Ah. So this is CSS horkage. Great.

Well, the good news is that it's easily fixed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552210013985599https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552210013985599Sun, 10 May 2026 20:39:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:37:18 GMT]]>@lisamelton it seems to be caused by https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38920/changes#diff-edd345ee45838ecdc48d8b64ba5f0d4475300e2cc36e696a937fe012a6e025caL8332 and from the context of the PR it seems that hopefully it is not intentional.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tooinconsistent.com/users/siwek/statuses/116552200282802784https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tooinconsistent.com/users/siwek/statuses/116552200282802784Sun, 10 May 2026 20:37:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:32:43 GMT]]>@lisamelton @soundclamp i adore your patience ^^ (just read the whole thread at once 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_drifter/statuses/116552182208956720https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_drifter/statuses/116552182208956720Sun, 10 May 2026 20:32:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:06:42 GMT]]>@lisamelton@mastodon.social
fwiw it still looks correct in misskey. oh and also the renote button doesnt require you to unrenote first.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://misky.moonbunny.cafe/notes/am3rprnajwxx00ulhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://misky.moonbunny.cafe/notes/am3rprnajwxx00ulSun, 10 May 2026 20:06:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:59:20 GMT]]>@jernej__s Interesting! I first noticed it yesterday so, yeah, it's gotta be recent.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552050993132872https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116552050993132872Sun, 10 May 2026 19:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:56:50 GMT]]>@lisamelton Must be a very recent change, because the profile looks fine on infosec.exchange, which is running v4.6.0-alpha.7+glitch.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116552041163713191https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116552041163713191Sun, 10 May 2026 19:56:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:28:43 GMT]]>@lisamelton Accessibility hell to boot!! I hope they fix it asap, it seems such a silly choice

⁃ Person whose bio is bullet points

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/moss/statuses/116551930563923149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/moss/statuses/116551930563923149Sun, 10 May 2026 19:28:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:27:23 GMT]]>@vor Yes, that's because Ivory is not the Web software. As I mentioned in my post.

@ivory

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551925307919015https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551925307919015Sun, 10 May 2026 19:27:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:26:49 GMT]]>@lisamelton Ah, that's a shame. The team would really benefit from having you included!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116551923115941062https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116551923115941062Sun, 10 May 2026 19:26:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:26:26 GMT]]>@CStamp Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure it's intentional foolishness.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551921601521098https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551921601521098Sun, 10 May 2026 19:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:56 GMT]]>@lisamelton @ivory

This is what I see on my iPhone.

If you are here to say she's doing it wrong, leave now.

Link Preview Image
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/vor/statuses/116551919612912685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/vor/statuses/116551919612912685Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:39 GMT]]>@stefan Yes. @Gargron even invited me. But the one session I wanted to and could attend was already full. So, no joy for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551918507320416https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551918507320416Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:50 GMT]]>@lisamelton What’s weird, if I go to Edit, it displays aa it’s supposed to. If I add a double space, it doesn’t affect the removing of spacing when I click done. (Obviously talking about my bio.)

I hope it’s a temp thing, just a bug.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116551915296727276https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116551915296727276Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:18 GMT]]>@lisamelton
Ugh, this is annoying!
I too had my bio nicely spaced with line breaks for readability. Now the spaces are gone 😖

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/clanger9/statuses/116551913227420211https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/clanger9/statuses/116551913227420211Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:07 GMT]]>@soundclamp Thanks. Read the third part of my message.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551912505163518https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lisamelton/statuses/116551912505163518Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Long rant incoming... on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:23:58 GMT]]>@lisamelton

I'm not seeing this for reasons which you have explained.

But yeah, I understand why you're furious

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/regordane/statuses/116551911912149819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/regordane/statuses/116551911912149819Sun, 10 May 2026 19:23:58 GMT