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So an interesting change is coming to Mastodon embeds.

Previously, the embed code consisted of an iframe, going forward, this is being switched to a blockquote.

In either case, the original text of the post is not included and is rather added after the main page the embed is on is loaded.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/31766

#mastodon #embeds #fediverse

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For comparison, the previous (and on most Mastodon servers, the current) version looked like this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

@[email protected] it seems presumptive to my old webdev mind to assume all places that allow embeds will allow external js.

Also, seriously, do you expect me to backdoor my own site??