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Updated Local only posting (markdown)

Darius Kazemi 2020-08-13 20:22:21 -07:00
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@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ A local-only post will appear in your timeline with the broken chain icon on it:
In your Preferences menu, under "Other", there is an option that says "__Allow my toots to reach other instances by default__". This is checked by default, which means your posts are normally federated if you don't touch any of the per-post settings. If you uncheck this, then your posts are normally local and you must make an effort to federate your content on each post using the per-post toggle shown above.
### Note on 3rd party apps
## Note on 3rd party apps
Third party apps do not explicitly support local only posting, but there is some default behavior that gets around it.
### The `:local_only: emoji
As of Hometown v1.0.5 (released Aug 13, 2020), any post made that contains the custom emoji `:local_only:` will be posted local-only. This is intended to provide a way for people using third-party apps to set specific posts to local-only without having to log in to the main web client. The emoji itself can be whatever the admin wants it to be. On Friend Camp we use a [very unobtrusive dot](https://friend.camp/system/custom_emojis/images/000/051/557/original/f7277ca16db49fc0.png) so as not to clutter things visually, but feel free to choose whatever works best for your local culture.
### Sensible defaults
As of Hometown v1.0.4 (released May 17, 2020), if you use a 3rd party app like [Tusky](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keylesspalace.tusky&hl=en_US) or [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/) or [Toot!](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toot/id1229021451), local-only posts work as follows: