Walls, posts and comments

A wall is the discussion attached to a shared node. Use it for a question, a response to the work, or a conversation you want people to find when they return. Chat is the quicker conversation beside it; ordinary chat lines fade after a day.

Double-click a plain text node you can edit to open Body, with its icon on the left and Wall on the right. A plain text node can have a title or be empty; it has no link, picture, media, imported file or source citation. Other nodes that use this panel open Wall first, with Wall on the left and Body on the right. Text you cannot edit also opens to Wall. You can read a node's Wall without permission to edit its canvas.

When the open panel follows a click to another node, it chooses the opening view for that node again. The panes follow the icons' order: scroll past the bottom of the first pane to reach the second, or up past the second's top to return. Selecting an icon pins that view; selecting it again restores scrolling between the panes.

A node needs a readable shared room to have a wall; a node you cannot access does not gain a wall merely because you have its link. A node with no Wall opens Body alone, with no toggle. Web readers and PDF panels have their discussion first, even before sharing; see Web discussion.

Use Wall in the side panel#

The adaptive panel's Wall tab follows the node you are standing in. For an ordinary shared node it brings the discussion together with its community header, presence and recent activity. You can switch back to Chat, Listr or Feed without closing the canvas.

The post section starts at Popular this week. Open Top to choose Popular, New or All time. The separate Recent activity section shows changes such as joins, posts, links and edits. Automatic Nexus catalogue imports are omitted, so people’s posts and other activity remain visible even after a bulk import. Linked placements use the target’s readable title. Use its filter to choose a kind, or Show more for another group.

A Related section can offer nodes with an explanation of their relationship. Choose one to travel there, or use Hide and Show to fold that section. A right-click menu offers opening and copying the node's link or title. This is different from changing the wall's post order.

An unshared node says The wall opens here once this node is shared. Use another tab if you want to keep working without sharing it. Group admission and node-management controls follow their own permissions; see Communities and Node options.

Write a post or comment#

Sign in, type in Post to this node's wall, and choose Post or press Enter. Use Shift + Enter for a line break. A post can contain up to 2,000 characters.

Choose Comment on a post, type in Write a comment, and send it. Comments also allow 2,000 characters. They sit one level beneath a post: there are no further nested reply threads. Cancel closes the comment composer without sending.

A failed submission leaves your text in the composer. Read the message before retrying. Slow down a moment, then try again. asks you to pause; You are not able to post on this wall right now. means posting is restricted. If the parent post has gone, the comment cannot be added to it.

Attach a picture or palette#

A top-level post can carry one attachment. Comments use text without these attachment controls.

• Attach a Pixl lets you choose a picture you can use. If the picture cannot be attached, the message asks you to share it first or choose one you drew or saved.
• Attach a palette adds colour swatches. Use Add a colour to build a palette of up to 16 colours, and each colour's remove control to remove it.
• Remove the attachment takes the attachment off the draft before you send it.

You still need text in a post. Attaching a picture or palette does not send anything by itself. For drawing and managing pictures, see Pixl.

Votes and longer threads#

Use Upvote or Downvote on a post or comment. Each button shows its count. Selecting the vote you already hold takes it back; selecting the other changes your vote.

The wall's default order comes from its votes, and some lower-scored entries appear dimmer. Dimming is different from a post being hidden or waiting for review.

Several comments appear beneath each post. Use Show more comments when the thread has more. The wall also loads additional posts as you reach its paging control; scrolling one discussion does not combine it with another node's wall.

Save, copy or manage an entry#

Right-click a post or comment to open its actions. With keyboard focus on the entry, Shift + F10 or the Menu key opens the same menu.

The available actions include Copy text, Copy link, voting and replying. Copying a link gives you a reference back to the entry; it is separate from joining the group or adding a comment.

Choose Save to Listr to keep the post or comment as a snippet with its words and source link. Find it under Snippets in Listr. Saved to Listr confirms the save. That could not be saved to Listr. Try again shortly. asks you to check the connection and retry; an empty list is not confirmation that a save succeeded.

You can Delete your own entry. A person allowed to moderate that node's wall can Hide an entry, then Unhide it from its collapsed Hidden post row. Hiding is different from deleting your own words.

A post marked Pending says Waiting for a safety check. Only you can see this until it clears. Do not assume a pending post has reached the discussion. If you need help with harmful content or a failed report control, contact [email protected] with the node link and enough detail to locate the entry. See Reporting.