For the iPhone and Android app

2 · Writing & posting

The composer, topics, photos, and the fifteen minutes in which you can still fix a typo.

Contents

Read every chapter on one page

Write a post

  1. Tap New post in the bottom bar.
  2. Type. The counter shows 0/500; it turns against you as you approach the limit.
  3. Optional: add a photo (🖼), an emoji (☺), or a topic (below).
  4. Tap Post. A confirmation appears with a VIEW shortcut to your new post.
Limits
  • 500 characters per post.
  • One photo per post (with optional description for screen readers, up to 1,000 characters).
  • Paste a link and a preview card appears automatically. Dismiss it with ✕ if you'd rather not show it.
The New post composer with a draft, character counter, Add topic button and Post button.
Fig. 1 · The composer: draft, + Add topic, photo & emoji buttons, character count, Post.
The emoji picker open over the composer.
Fig. 2 · The ☺ button opens the emoji picker. Emoji are text — they land at your cursor and delete with backspace.

File a post under a topic (and a second one)

Topics are how a post gets found later. A post can carry two: a main topic and a second "also relevant" one.

  1. In the composer, tap + Add topic.
  2. Search or pick from the list — Leadership, Bestsellers, Mindset…
  3. The topic appears as a chip under your draft. Tap the chip's label to swap it; tap ✕ to remove it.
  4. Shortcut: type # in the body and an autocomplete appears — choosing from it files the post too.
  5. A second topic shows as a dimmer chip marked · also relevant. Two is the maximum, and they can't be the same topic twice.
The Add a topic sheet with a search field and a list of topics.
Fig. 3 · Add a topic — search, or pick from the list.
Good to know
  • Posting from inside a topic page pre-fills that topic for you (Post in Leadership).
  • Both topics show on the post everywhere, and the confirmation names both.
  • A topic is filing, not an audience: it never changes who can see the post.
  • Replies never take topics — the slot is hidden in reply mode.

Fix a typo — the 15-minute window

  1. On your own post, open the ··· menu and choose Edit.
  2. Change the text and save. The post shows a quiet · Edited mark afterwards.
Three catches

You can only edit for 15 minutes after posting.

You get at most 5 edits.

And the moment anyone reposts it, editing is locked forever — even inside the 15 minutes. Someone else has vouched for those words; they don't change under them.

Delete a post

  1. Open the post's ··· menu.
  2. Choose Delete post (in red) and confirm.
Post options sheet with Share via, Copy link, Send post in a message, and Delete post.
Fig. 4 · Post options. Delete is permanent — replies to it survive as an orphaned thread.
Careful

Deleting is permanent. There's no undo and no bin. If people replied, their replies remain — your post becomes a "deleted" placeholder above them.

Decide who may quote you

Quoting wraps your post inside someone else's commentary. You choose who's allowed.

  1. Per post: pick the option in the composer before you post.
  2. For everything: Settings → Who can quote my posts.
  3. Three choices: Anyone · People I follow · Nobody.

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