The Buzz is the feed on your home page. It is where the communities and accounts you have joined talk to you, and where you talk back. Reading, liking and commenting are free on every plan.
#Read The Buzz
Select the Home icon in the sidebar, or Home in the bottom bar on a phone. Under the welcome banner, The Buzz shows posts from your own account and from every account you have joined, newest first. More posts load as you scroll.
On a computer, Featured sits in the column beside the feed: highlights picked by Hive3. On a phone, Featured is a second tab next to The Buzz.
If you have not joined anything yet, the feed shows Nothing to show yet with three buttons: View communities, Find accounts and Discover. Joining a community is the fastest way to fill the feed. See Discover and join communities.
#Write a post
Open the composer
Select the pen icon labelled Create post in the sidebar's quick actions. On a phone, select the plus (+) button in the bottom bar. You need to be signed in.
Choose who is posting (optional)
The picker at the top starts as you. If you are an owner, admin or moderator of a community, you can post as it instead.
Write your post
Type in the box that reads What's happening?. A counter shows how much of the 2000-character limit you have used. Pasting a link adds a preview below the text.
Add extras (optional)
Use the toolbar under the box:
- Attach image adds one picture.
- Link content lets you search for a course, quest, job, content item or event and attach it to your post.
- Type
@and a name to mention someone, or#and a word to add a hashtag.
Post
Select Post. A confirmation appears and the composer closes.
#Save a draft
Select the save icon (Save draft) to keep a post for later. Hive3 also saves your work as you type and shows Draft saved. Open your drafts from the button at the top right of the composer to resume or delete one.
#Who can see a post
The toggle in the toolbar chooses the audience.
| Setting | Who sees the post |
|---|---|
| Public | Anyone, signed in or not. |
| Members only | Only the owner and people who have joined that account. |
#Mentions
When you mention an account with @, a list of matching accounts appears as you type. Pick one and they are notified that you mentioned them. You can mention up to 10 accounts in one post.
#Like and comment
Each post shows a heart with a count and a speech bubble with the number of comments.
- Select the heart to like a post. Select it again to remove your like.
- Select the speech bubble, or the post itself, to open it in full.
#Reply to a post
Open the post
The post opens with its comments below.
Write your reply
Type in Reply with a thought, @mention, or image. Select the Mention someone button to insert an
@, or Attach image to add a picture.Send
Select Send reply, or press Enter. Use Shift+Enter for a new line.
Each comment has its own heart, so you can like comments too. The Comment actions menu (three dots) gives you Edit and Delete on your own comments. The author of a post, and moderators of the account it belongs to, can delete any comment on it.
#Manage your own posts
Open a post and select Post actions (three dots):
- Edit changes your post's text, image or audience.
- Delete removes it after you confirm. Moderators of a community can delete posts on that community's account too.
- Share copies a link to the post, with the message Link copied to clipboard.
#Tips
- People are notified when you mention them, and when someone likes or comments on your post. See Notifications.
- You only see Members only posts from accounts you have joined. If a post is missing from your feed, check that you are still a member.