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Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8.4 is now available on the app store. Here's the link to download: apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

Have you been receiving a bunch of spam? This is an emergency release with a custom filter added to the Filters tab (scroll to the bottom of that tab) to mute spam mentions. Turn this filter on and it should catch most of them. This will not stop spam push notifications.

We are still finishing up the big Quote Posts update so appreciate your patience on that one! πŸ™

Screenshot of the custom filter labeled, β€œPotential Spam” shown in the Filters tab in Ivory.
Screenshot of the detail view of the β€œPotential Spam” custom filter. Shows the options to enable it, mask with a warning, as well as a way to see current matching posts for this filter.
19 February at 23:06 | Open on tapbots.social
38 comments
gh0sti :pika:

@ivory TestFlight users getting the custom filter?

19 February at 23:07 | Open on mastodon.social
Matthew
Jeff Forcier

@ivory big ups as usual for keeping an eye on things! πŸ™ŒπŸ»

UNRELATED side question: am I overlooking a way to make Ivory-on-Mac stop eating mastodon.social hyperlink-clicks elsewhere on my system? I can 'open with' and choose my browser, but that's not permanent :D

19 February at 23:11 | Open on social.coop
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@bitprophet Assuming you aren't running the Ivory Safari extension right? That will open known mastodon URL's in Ivory. You can turn it off in Safari's Extension tab in its settings. Otherwise Mastodon.social has Ivory set as one of the apps links to that server can open up in. And there is a way to toggle that on and off, but I honestly forget how to do it. It has something to do with right-clicking on the url and opening in the browser instead.
19 February at 23:21 | Open on tapbots.social
Jeff Forcier

@ivory don't think I am running that extension, but I'll double check (I'm on FF, anyways).

Also didn't realize the websites can trigger this behavior themselves, another avenue to look into. Thanks!

19 February at 23:39 | Open on social.coop
Till
kcǃ
Lady Di

@ivory You guys are the best! Thank you! πŸ˜πŸ’•

19 February at 23:35 | Open on mstdn.social
Matthew Mitchell
stux⚑

@ivory Very nice! :clapping: :mastodon:

19 February at 23:44 | Open on mstdn.social
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@ivory

Let me know when you develop an Android app. I'd be happy to alpha / beta test it.

19 February at 23:47 | Open on mstdn.social
Myke Hurley
Colin

@ivory what does it consider spam exactly? how does it work?

19 February at 23:54 | Open on birdbutt.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@colinstu You can turn it on and see the results it catches. If you haven't received any spam on mastodon, then I wouldn't turn it on. You'll know when you need it.

19 February at 23:59 | Open on tapbots.social
Colin

@ivory I'm the instance admin so I've been keeping up on the spam cleanup x)
Just curious about the mechanics of it were. I know the masto folks are trying to figure out something at the server level as well but it's tricky.

20 February at 0:00 | Open on birdbutt.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@colinstu There's a few rules in place. An account without followers and not following anyone, no profile photo, not following you, mentioning you and other users in a new post, etc. It's something we will continue to improve over time. But the goal was to get something out quickly to stop this initial problem. πŸ™‚

20 February at 0:06 | Open on tapbots.social
samf

@ivory @colinstu Just jumping in to say: Ivory has been taking a very pragmatic approach to gaps in native Mastodon functionality (trying to get ahead of spam filtering, quote-posts, etc) and it's GREAT to see. Still my favorite Mastodon experience!

21 February at 14:52 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
FoW

이게 λ°”λ‘œ λ³΄ν—˜μ˜ 효과?

19 February at 23:55 | Open on netsphere.one
Merlin Mann
jastity

@ivory

Thank you for this. I had a moment of confusion about whether it was the filter that was enabled or the spam. I mention this as I bet I’m not the only numpty out there.

20 February at 0:31 | Open on mastodon.nz
Carmela πŸ‰πŸ”»
Bill Taroli :neurodiversity:

@ivory thank you for the boost menu adjustments!

20 February at 3:18 | Open on federate.social
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Joshua Strobl :verified:

@ivory Worked flawlessly. I run my own solo instance and it was honestly getting exhausting going into the admin panel in a browser and suspending all these new instances. Filtering without the warning did the trick, just won't save my poor web UI. Hopefully the Mastodon devs will add some admin tools to combat this.

20 February at 6:56 | Open on joshuastrobl.social
Bart Veldhuizen πŸš€

@ivory where can I find the Filters tab?

20 February at 8:50 | Open on mastodon.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@BartV Look for this icon in your navigation bar. If you don't see it on iOS, hold down on one of the last 3 navigation icons to reveal more.
20 February at 16:14 | Open on tapbots.social
Bart Veldhuizen πŸš€

@ivory yeah another user helped me out. Frankly, that’s impossible to discover ;-)

20 February at 17:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@BartV A lot of things are just very old. It's on our list to revamp our navigation system completely. It's been like this for over 10 years. πŸ™‚

20 February at 17:45 | Open on tapbots.social
Bart Veldhuizen πŸš€

@ivory great! Adding labels to the icons would already be a great improvement for me; the icons are mostly meaningless.

20 February at 17:47 | Open on mastodon.social
Kassandra Brune
Bramus

@ivory Thanks!

Suggestion: you might want to exclude figma (and possibly other ones Γ  la Dropbox) URLs.

Last post is marked as potential spam. The code in the figma URL is the culprit.
21 February at 13:19 | Open on front-end.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@bramus It’s not about the URLs in the post. Any details about that user? How many followers and people following him?

21 February at 14:03 | Open on tapbots.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@bramus Never mind I found that post. Thanks for the report! Will see if it can help us fine tune the filter.

21 February at 14:11 | Open on tapbots.social
🌊 Gary Goosey πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ—½πŸŒŠ 🧡

@ivory fyi, I had to click on your link in order to see the actual update page on the App Store.
I did check beforehand if the app was listed as available for update and was not shown as such. You may want to look into it and see why the App Store is not notifying Ivory app users of the recent update availability.

23 February at 10:51 | Open on mstdn.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@Graygoose it’s because we have our app releases set to roll out slowly over a week. That way if people report a show stopping bug that got through we can stop the release from going out to everyone and fix it first.

23 February at 13:53 | Open on tapbots.social
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@ivory Are there any plans to build an Android application?

1 March at 17:56 | Open on mas.to
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@Brogio no, we don’t have any experience developing for any other platforms, unfortunately.

1 March at 21:32 | Open on tapbots.social
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