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Views

A view is a logical way of looking at site content.

View

Description

Following

A view which shows the latest Posts and Questions from users you have followed.

Recent

The default view that shows all the latest Posts but does not use any filters.

News

A view that shows all the latest Posts that have been marked as news.

Questions

A view that shows all the latest questions.

Videos

A view that shows all the latest Posts that contain videos.

Statistics

Many events are recorded while a user is on the site such as the following. A post can be considered in the following states:

State

Descripion

Browsed	A user has opened it but stayed for less than 10% of the read time.
Viewed	A user has opened it and has stayed for at least 10% of the read time.
Read	A user has opened it and has stayed for at least 10% of the read time.

Term

Descripion

Answer	Written text that answers a question. Answser may be a maximum of 1000 characters long.
Bookmark	A feature that lets you create a private link to a Post, Question, or Answer in a list for later reference.
Comment	Written text that comments on a post, question, or answer. A Comment may be a maximum of 255 characters long.
Message	Text written by one registered user to another registered user.
Notification	A message that can pop up on the browser of phone, an email message sent, or an SMS (text) message sent to inform the user of some event or action that has ocurred.
Picture	An uploaded image. A image may be a maximum size of 5 MB in size.
Post	Written text that may include images, an embedded video and/or podcast by a registered user. There is no maximum length of a post. For a post submitted to a Group, the Group may have a minimum number of read-time minues.
Question	Written text that asks a question. A question may be a maximum of 255 characters long.
Read-time	The estimated number of minutes it takes to read a post. This is calculated by dividing the number of words in the post by 250 and rounding up to the nearest number.
Topic	A classification applied to a Post or Question that can be used in a filter to reduce that number of items in your view.
Trending	This is based on accumulated points based on statistics such as how many times something has been viewed, read, up-voted, shared, comments etc. Trending is re-evaluated constantly. Therefore, a user may be trending right now, but in 15 minutes not be.
Video/Podcast	A video or podcast can be embedded in a post via the editor. It is the video or podcast player code from your video or podcast hosting platform.
Veiw	A term used to describe a collection of posts by their type. You view is selected on the main page menu. Followed - posts from users you have followed. Recent - the most recently published posts. News - posts that have been taged as news. Questions - The most recently published questions. Videos - posts that contain either an embedded video or a podcast. .

Editing

You can create and edit a story using our editor. Every story requires a title, sub-title, and body. The body of the story should contain a start, middle, and ending.

Editor

The editor gives you the ability to determine the font size and style of text, add an image, add a video, create an order or unordered list, and add a link. It also shows you the number of words you've written as well as any minimum number of words needed to publish the story.

The editor will automatically auto-save the story once every 3 minutes. It will also allow you to listen to the story as audio.

Here's an image of the SaySo editor:

The top row of icons provides the ability to specify the text styles, list styles, embed a link, image, and podcast. Additonally, the image can be one that you own or have rights to use and upload, or you may select one from Unsplash.

Underneith the editor you can see how many words you've written, how many minutes of read-time those words would typically take, the number of read-time minutes required to be posted, and whether you have met those requirements for read-time.

Publishing

Once you consider your story completed, you can publish it yourself by changing it's status to publish or sending to a group. You can also schedule uyour story for a later date/time to.

The following are guidelines when creating a post

The post must be at least N minutes read-time where N is either the global site-wide minimum or the group minimum number of allowed read minutes.
The title must be in AP style capitalization.
The sub-title must be in sentence style capitalization.

Read Time

Each post has a stated read-time. This is calculated by dividing ther number of words in the post by 250 and finding the floor of the result. e.g., 300 words is considered a 1 minute read,

The site has a minimum allowed number of minutes read time for a post to be accepted. Each Group may also specify a minimum read time for a post to be submitted.

Headlines and sub-headings

In general, a title should be AP style capitolization and sub-headings should be sentence case capitolization. But don't worry, the server(s) will convert it for you when you save or publish your story.

The following are guidelines when creating a heading or sub-heading

Spacing: Use one space after a period (not two).
Serial comma: Do not use a comma before the last item in a series.
Perspective: Write your heading and sub-heading from a third-person perspective (e.g., he/she/it/they), never first person (I/we) or second you).
Numbers: Spell out numbers between one and nine, then use numerals thereafter (e.g., eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, and so on).
Dates: Use numbers for dates and abbreviate months with more than five letters.
Common acronyms: Acronyms that are widely recognized, such as FBI, CIA, NASA, EU, US, IRS, NATO, COVID, NIH, and CDC, are acceptable.
Less common acronyms: Acronyms that are less well-known but still common, such as OSHA, can be used after spelling out the full name on the first mention.
Formal titles: Abbreviations can be used for people's formal titles, such as CEO or PhD.
State abbreviations: Each US state has a specific abbreviation that can be used.
Measurements and units: Standardized abbreviations can be used for measurements and units, such as lbs for pounds, in for inches, ft for feet, cm for centimeters, kg for kilograms, and L for liters.

Action

Description

Follow

This means that when you click the view menu Following, what will be displayed are posts and questions from all followed users. The displayed items will not include anything from users that have been blocked or hidden.

Block

This means you will not see any posts, questions, answers, comments, or notifications from the user(s) you have blocked. Additionally, a blocked user cannot message you and cannot see your posts, questions, answers, or comments.

Mute

This means you will not see any posts, questions, answers, or comments from the muted user. However, a muted user can send you a message.

A user can perform any of the followiong actions on a post:

Bookmark	A user may bookmark a post once it is opened. All bookmarks are kept in a bookmark list which is private for each user.
Comment	A user may add a comment, including emojis once the post is opened.
Copy Link	A user may copy a link to the post once it is opened.
Listen	A user may listen to a post once it is opened.
Report	A user may report a post once the post is opened.
Share	A user may share post once the post is opened.
Upvote	A user may upvote a post once the post is opened.

A logged-in user may chat with another user in real-time. An ad-hock chat will dissappear once both users have left the chat.

A user may also create a Chat Room where multiple users may communicate as a group. Chat Rooms are persistent and allow users to join and leave at any time. Because they are persistent, they do not go away once all users have left the room. Thus, a Chat Room will always be there.

Additionally, Chat rooms have a heading to describe why they exist, a description of the intentions for the Chat Room, and are assigned an administrator when they are created. That administrator may, at any time, mute a Chat user and/or ban them from the Chat Room.

A chat Room and/or any of its users may be reported and are subject to banishment from the room. Bad actors will not be tollerated.

A user may acquire digital badges as a mark of achievement as follows:

-- Writers --

Writer	A Writer badge may be earned when a user publishes at least one post in a calendar month. That badge will remain until the writer does not publish anything in a calendar month.
Senior Writer	An Senior Writer badge may be earned when a member publishes at least one four posts per calendar month for at least 6 consecutive months.
Leader	A Leader badge may be earned when a user's post has been on the recommended list at least twice in a month.
Influential	A Influential badge may be earned when a user's post has been on the recommended list at six times in a month.

-- Groups --