Diaspora/Website
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Want to include a link in your post? Just paste it into your message and it will automatically be converted to an inline link. You can also contain your link within your text by using Markdown. You can use the <span class="click">Preview</span> button to check that your links are working properly before you post your message.
Want to include a link in your post? Just paste it into your message and it will automatically be converted to an inline link. You can also contain your link within your text by using Markdown. You can use the
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Embedding
Embedding
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You can also paste links to media sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud and others, and the video/audio file you’re linking to will become “embedded” in your post. Try it!
You can also paste links to media sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud and others, and the video/audio file you’re linking to will become “embedded” in your post. Try it!
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Note that the video/audio will only become embedded <em>after</em> you have posted your message, so you’ll have to refresh/reload the stream in order to see it. Occasionally it takes a while for the site which hosts the file you want to embed to respond with the embed information, so you might have to wait a short while and refresh the stream again.
Note that the video/audio will only become embedded
<em>after</em>you have posted your message, so you’ll have to refresh/reload the stream in order to see it. Occasionally it takes a while for the site which hosts the file you want to embed to respond with the embed information, so you might have to wait a short while and refresh the stream again. -
Posting to other services
Posting to other services
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If you have conntected your diaspora* seed to your accounts on other services, clicking on one or more of the icons for those services below the publisher means your message will appear on those networks as well.
If you have conntected your diaspora* seed to your accounts on other services, clicking on one or more of the icons for those services below the publisher means your message will appear on those networks as well.
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When you start writing a message with one of more of these icons highlighted, a character counter will show how many more characters are available to you: 280 for Twitter, 1000 for Tumblr. In diaspora*, you can post a whopping 65,535 characters! The counter will always display the number of characters remaining for the service selected which allows the fewest characters; so, if you highlight both the Twitter and Tumblr logos, it will count down from 280 characters.
When you start writing a message with one of more of these icons highlighted, a character counter will show how many more characters are available to you: 280 for Twitter, 1000 for Tumblr. In diaspora*, you can post a whopping 65,535 characters! The counter will always display the number of characters remaining for the service selected which allows the fewest characters; so, if you highlight both the Twitter and Tumblr logos, it will count down from 280 characters.
Når du begynner å skrive en melding med ett eller flere av disse ikonene merket, vil det vises et telleverk for tegn for å vise hvor mange tegn du har igjen: 140 for Twitter, 1000 for Tumblr, 63 206 for Facebook. I diaspora* kan du dundre til med hele 65 535 tegn! Telleverket vil alltid vise antall tegn du har igjen for den valgte tjenesten som tillater færrest tegn; så, dersom du merker logoene til Twitter og Facebook, vil den telle ned fra 140 tegn. -
If your message is longer than the figure allowed by the service you’re posting to, your message will appear truncated on that service, with a link to your post in diaspora*.
If your message is longer than the figure allowed by the service you’re posting to, your message will appear truncated on that service, with a link to your post in diaspora*.
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How about that? There’s plenty of things you can do in your posts in diaspora*.
How about that? There’s plenty of things you can do in your posts in diaspora*.
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To try it out, why not make a public announcement that you’ve just arrived in diaspora*? This is a good way to get welcomed by people in our community, and to start to make connections.
To try it out, why not make a public announcement that you’ve just arrived in diaspora*? This is a good way to get welcomed by people in our community, and to start to make connections.
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To make a public post, just set the aspect selector button to <span class="click">Public</span>, and type your post. If you didn’t do it earlier, why not introduce yourself to the diaspora* community by including the <span class="click">#newhere</span> tag? This way, people who follow that tag will see your post and be able to welcome you. Include some of your interests as #tags as well, and you’ll find that people with similar interests to you will find you. Your message might be something like:
To make a public post, just set the aspect selector button to
<span class="click">Public</span>, and type your post. If you didn’t do it earlier, why not introduce yourself to the diaspora* community by including the<span class="click">#newhere</span>tag? This way, people who follow that tag will see your post and be able to welcome you. Include some of your interests as #tags as well, and you’ll find that people with similar interests to you will find you. Your message might be something like: -
Hi everyone, I’m #newhere in diaspora*. I like #running, #literature and #rabbits.
Hi everyone, I’m #newhere in diaspora*. I like #running, #literature and #rabbits.
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Of course, you might not want to make a public post. If not, that’s fine: the important thing is that you know how to do it.
Of course, you might not want to make a public post. If not, that’s fine: the important thing is that you know how to do it.
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Interacting with posts in the stream
Interacting with posts in the stream
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The content stream is a real-time display of status messages. Whenever someone you follow posts a status message, it gets added to the stream. Naturally you can comment on your own posts and those made by other people. You can also “like” and “reshare” other people’s messages and, if someone posts something you really don’t want to see, you can hide it. All of this happens in the content stream, which can be found just below the publisher.
The content stream is a real-time display of status messages. Whenever someone you follow posts a status message, it gets added to the stream. Naturally you can comment on your own posts and those made by other people. You can also “like” and “reshare” other people’s messages and, if someone posts something you really don’t want to see, you can hide it. All of this happens in the content stream, which can be found just below the publisher.
Innholds-streamen er en fremvisning i sanntid for statusmeldinger. Når noen du følger poster en statusmelding, blir den lagt inn i stream-en. Du kan naturligvis kommentere på dine egne poster og de som er laget av andre folk. Du kan også «like» og «videredele» andre folk sine meldinger og, dersom noen poster onen du virkelig ikke ønsker å se, kan du skjule det. Alt dette foregår i innholds-streamen, som er å finne rett under publisereren. -
Don’t forget that there are different content streams depending on which of the “views” you are using: <span class="click">Stream</span>, <span class="click">My activity</span>, <span class="click">@Mentions</span>, <span class="click">My aspects</span> or <span class="click">#Followed tags</span>. While this alters which posts appear in your stream, you can interact with those posts in the same way in any of these views.
Don’t forget that there are different content streams depending on which of the “views” you are using:
<span class="click">Stream</span>,<span class="click">My activity</span>,<span class="click">@Mentions</span>,<span class="click">My aspects</span>or<span class="click">#Followed tags</span>. While this alters which posts appear in your stream, you can interact with those posts in the same way in any of these views. -
Comments
Comments
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If there are no comments on a post yet, click <span class="click">Comment</span> to open a comment field. When there are already comments below the post, the comment field will automatically be there. If more than three comments have been added, the last three comments will be shown. You can expand the full thread by clicking the <span class="click">Show n more comments</span> link above them.
If there are no comments on a post yet, click
<span class="click">Comment</span>to open a comment field. When there are already comments below the post, the comment field will automatically be there. If more than three comments have been added, the last three comments will be shown. You can expand the full thread by clicking the<span class="click">Show n more comments</span>link above them. -
Likes
Likes
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Next to the <span class="click">Comment</span> link you will find a <span class="click">Like</span> link. This can be used to give the owner of the post a sign that you have read and appreciated their post, without having to actually comment. When you click the link, you will be added to a counter of the number of likes. Clicking this counter will show you those people who have liked the post.
Next to the
<span class="click">Comment</span>link you will find a<span class="click">Like</span>link. This can be used to give the owner of the post a sign that you have read and appreciated their post, without having to actually comment. When you click the link, you will be added to a counter of the number of likes. Clicking this counter will show you those people who have liked the post.