Now a thread covering my experiencing publishing content / creating posts
Now, about publishing content:
Again, publishing posts is quite straightforward. It has anything you'd expect:
- I can write texts (not sure if there's a character limitation -I couldn't see that anywhere) and I can even use markdown syntax, use emojis, attach files, add content warnings... 🎉
- When I upload images, I can easily write alt text
- I can reply to posts
- I can edit posts
Once I sent to "Post", I get a modal window (it was difficult for me to see, TBH, because it is displayed on the top of the window and not very prominently) confirming that the post has been published.
Once I like some #bonfire specific features here, such as changing how replies are sorted ❤️:
- Replies can be shown as a thread of nested replies, or as a flat list
- Additionally, replies can be sorted chronologically, reverse chronologically, by number of responses, latest reply... (see screenshot).
This is really cool, indeed! Following conversations on mastodon is difficult, and I feel/hope this can make this process easier.
I'll try to write about my experience here, both as a test and as a diary for future reference.
My first contact with #bonfire is that it ressembles a lot with #mastodon, so it feels like at home. My first task was to fill in my profile. It was a very straightforward and familiar process, but two subtlelties (not maybe not too subtle) got my attention: the possibility of linking my orcid and other profiles. That looks interesting!