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How do I make a multipart post in a magazine? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How do I make a multipart post in a magazine?

I just tried posting the series of parts to my /mag, they showed up in reverse order in the microblog? WTF?

Please, if there is some advantage to this microblog thing, I'd love to know what is, and also how to make a post in my own magazine that does not feature a link.

'Threads/Microblog/People/Magazines' is where simplicity goes sideways in this webapp. It is not obvious what those things are; the couple of guides I've found don't discuss this focal point of confusion.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@djidane535

Interesting but not really helpful. I found something in a recent FAQ that says I should add an article instead of a post, but the option to add an article is not on the menu on my instance, as it is in their screenie

Also I'm a mastodon user, and my account there is the focus of my microblogging activity. The user there follows this account, so my posts here, show up there. The short story is, the microblog here is essentially a right pain in my ass.

At least now I know what it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@sparseMatrix

I found something in a recent FAQ that says I should add an article instead of a post, but the option to add an article is not on the menu on my instance

Looks like what you found was just outdated. It used to be "article" because of the whole magazine themeing, but people found that confusing so they changed it to "thread". Because, you know, it'll show up in the "threads" tab. So the correct option is "Add new thread".

The short story is, the microblog here is essentially a right pain in my ass.

If you get yourself a userstyle extension/addon for your browser (like Stylus for chromium ones), you can hide the tab if you don't want to see it.

This should work:

menu.head-nav__menu > li:has(a[href$=microblog]) {
   display: none !important;
}

Assuming your browser and version supports the :has() selector, as it's relatively new. You can check support here.

This will remove the "Microblog" tab from the list, though other links to it will still get you there. So if you do want to see the tab for some reason, you can still just add /microblog to your url manually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Pamasich

@djidane535

It's cool, user @djidane535 dropped some truth on me, and it finally soaked in.

I'll probably end up with some user scripts, or a browser extension, but I'm holding back until I know more about the ecosystem, what's useful, etc.