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.Xr honk 8 .
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.Pp
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This manual is very incomplete.
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Refer to the text files.
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It'll get there eventually.
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.Ss Following
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In order to receive posts from other users, one must follow them.
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In order to receive regular updates from other users, one must first follow them.
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Begin at the
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.Pa honkers
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tab.
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@ -58,30 +58,63 @@ The special combo name of one hyphen
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.Sq -
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will remove a honker's posts from the primary feed.
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.Ss Viewing
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The primary feed is accessed via the home tab, labelled
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.Pa honk .
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The primary feed is accessed via the home tab.
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It will contain posts from all followed honkers.
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Posts mentioning the user, both followed and not, are collected under the
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.Pa @me
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tab.
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.Pp
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.Lk screenshot-honk.png screen of one honk
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.Ss Honking
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On the home page and most other pages, there will be a button marked
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.Dq it's honking time
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which activates the honk form.
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Individual honks contain a visual representation of the honker's ID,
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their name, the activity (with a link back to origin), a link to the
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parent post if applicable, and the convoy (thread) identifier.
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.Pp
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The in reply to field is an advanced feature.
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.Lk screenshot-honk.png screenshot of one honk
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.Ss Honking
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Begin by pressin button marked
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.Dq it's honking time
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to activate the honk form.
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.Pp
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One may attach a file to a post.
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Images are automatically rescaled and reduced in size for federation.
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A description, or caption, is encouraged.
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Text files are also supported as attachments.
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.Pp
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A limited subset of markdown is supported.
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Bold, italics, and code blocks.
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Mentioning a specfic user
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One may also check in to a location.
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The available fields, all optional, are
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.Ar name ,
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.Ar url ,
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.Ar latitude ,
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and
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.Ar longitude .
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By default, location data is rounded to approximately 1/500 decimal degree
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accuracy.
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Pressing the check in button a second time will refine this to more a
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precise location.
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.Pp
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A limited subset of markdown is supported, including bold, italics, quotes,
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and code blocks.
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Mentioning a specfic user such as
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.Pq @user@example.social
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will send a copy of the message to them.
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When replying, the author of the parent post is automatically mentioned.
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.Pp
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Threads from the tiny bird site may be included as quotes in a post via the
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.Ar hoot
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operator.
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.Dl hoot: https://twitter.com/tedunangst/status/835172824734175234
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.Pp
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Custom emoji may included via colon wrapping
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.Pq :hellsyeah: .
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A meme (sticker, reacion gif) may be included with the
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.Ar meme
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operator.
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.Dl meme: honk.mp4
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A full list of emoji and memes may be found in the
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.Pa funzone .
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.Pp
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When everything is at last ready to go, press the
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.Dq it's gonna be honked
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button.
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.Ss zonkzone
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Sometimes other users of the federation can get unruly.
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The zonkzone can be of great use to restore order to one's timeline.
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