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How do I hexbear? (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago by Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

I'm just a silly billy who has lurked on Chapo.chat wink for quite awhile now; But I don't know how to do half the things (more like 90%) above the text box window that I put my delicately selected words into to make the freshest and most delectable word salads. So... How do and what do? If a power poster would like to go over each feature individually I shall abandon atheism and pray to satin for infinite 9/11's on the first world. Thx in advance. (this was going to be in regards to the emojis but thankfully realized that it wasn't just the lame ones you get on your phone when you click on the face, only if you don't search for anything) sicko-hexbear cat-com

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[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 36 points 10 months ago

just try each one in a comment and fuck around with it, we'll upvote literally anything

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So the chain thing is to make a link right? How do I make it do? It makes what I put into it disappear

Emoji dio-walk

Next is for posting pics

Idk wtf this do#

~~this thingy~~ very neat

No idea ...>

-a hyphen

quotation guess not? Makes it pink tho, neat.

~squiglies~ aww... Makes it smol

^embiggenins?^ nope, even smoler I think? Finally saw that it makes it smol and raises it.

cw tw spoilerI suck at this

And that's it, I'm assuming the? Is a faq or help link? I don't wanna leave yet so idk (nope wrong per usual but close, a little glossary or key for different effects for the text, brings me back to the days of RuneScape :'^ ) )

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The toolbar above the text box is pretty self explanatory for most things. Bold and italics are the B and I. You can either highlight the text you want and then click the button, or click the button to enter the modifiers (or just type them in yourself.)

The chain is for making links, text first in the square brackets, url second in the parentheses.

Smiley is emoji (we have the best emoji, folks.) Sometimes our custom emoji are slow to load, just give them time.

The picture of the mountain and sun is for uploading images (you can also generally paste images in.)

The H is for headings, which would make the line have big text. This hasn't worked for me since at least the couple of updates leading up to federation, the system that allows us to interact with posts on lemmygrad and other instances.

Strikethrough is the S with the line through it, you seem to have figured that out! Nice! Works similarly to bold and italics.

The quotation mark allows you to do...

This. Pretty useful for replying to a specific part of someone's post.

You can use a hyphen to make a bulleted list like so:

  • pig
  • poop
  • balls

Make sure you put a space between the hyphen and the text you want bulleted. Also make sure to hit enter twice to break up your lines, otherwise they won't actually separate.

tick marks ( use the <> button) allow you to write in monospaced font like this without formatting, useful for code or other situations.

The ~subscript~ and ^superscript^ buttons which look like x'es with a little text cursor down or up, allow you to make small text low or high. Also handy for math stuff. 6^9^

The triangle with the exclamation point is for spoilers or other collapsed text.

it does this, click on meYou leave the first time it says spoiler, but can replace the second time it says spoiler to change the heading text. The second line of dashes, you can put the inner spoiler or collapsed text.

Don't click the question mark in the circle or it will delete your post and take you to the help page.

Also you can use a backslash (\ this guy) as an escape character to be able to post a modifier character, like so: ^

I recommend hitting the preview button before posting just to double check that everything worked right.

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"They keep saying it, it's true folx, we have the best posters on the lemmyverse." trump-anguish

Edit: I figured out the quote line thingy whoop whoop. A big thank you to the comrade who let me know it's the right pointy carrot with a space after it. heart-sickle

[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

OMG... I clicked on it and saw the link in my address bar before it finished loading, can't believe you've done this. Lol'd super hard though

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago
[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But it's green on my end!?

Yus sorry it is green, for whatever reason I typed blue since that's the default for hyperlinks. Edited my comment after.

To quote, just slap a > at the start of a line, then a space, then insert the quote. I think you need to add a line break afterwards for it to work properly.

You can also hit the 'view source' button on a comment to view the text without markdown, if you're curious how they formatted the text. Per image below

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Super helpful comrade. stalin-heart

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Good bot, will do next time.

[-] iie@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For quotes, start each paragraph with a >

But if you want the vertical line to not have breaks

like this

then you also need to put a > between the paragraphs

like so

Also, you can see what someone typed to make their comment. One of the buttons on other people’s comments looks like a little text document (on mobile you have to click the three vertical dots to see it, I forget where it is on desktop). Next time you see a comment and you want to know how they did that, just click that button.

[-] nutsnutsnuts@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

Y'all so FRIENDLY

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 33 points 10 months ago

if you see someone you hate, fantasize about their death in explicit detail. if you see someone you like, reply with "lmao based" and a funny emote.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

You're so real for this one

[-] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I used to imagine Bezos being roasted over a barbecue pit with an apple in his mouth almost daily when I worked at Amazon

[-] facow@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago
[-] kristina@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Leftist guide to sanity at work

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

it's pretty easy, you see a nerd, you post PIGPOOPBALLS at them

[-] sloth@hexbear.net 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Actually, you don't need permission to use the lathe, just grab it! smalls-unflinching

[-] GayTuckerCarlson@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago

Make sure you sub to FakeNews

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago

You have to learn all the custom emojis really well so you can write complete sentences with them. Here's a practice one:

communism-will-win solidarity specter-global meow-tankie meow-anarchist technical :amerikkka: xinternet marx-guns-blazing

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

neo hieroglyphics

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

specter-global I had never seen this one before

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 10 months ago

Its just a slide to the left, and then a step to the right.

[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

you can also browse the custom emojis directly rather than search, in very tiny form, by going to the asterisk tab at the end of the emoji picker. or if you think you know the name of the emote, typing a colon in the post/comment box and then starting to type the name will give autocomplete options (not good for finding emotes you don't know the name of though)

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

a-little-trolling susie-dance you-died-1 you-died-2 soy-cutie meow-bernie bird-bouncy sicko-luna sicko-hexbear-crowd yes-comm

Thank you comrade. comrade-raccoon

I can feel my posting power rising goku-halal

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

Type : and then without a space, search for something!

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

mac-concern Not my favorite way to get emojis but good to know

because-of-the-implication

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

First you pee-pee, then you poo-poo

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure how you would hex a bear honestly, maybe someone more knowledgeable in witchcraft can chime in?

[-] GriffithDidNothingWrong@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

You need the blood of a virgin. Fortunately you're on hexbear so they're pretty easy to find

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm a prudish kind of slut I guess, picky but kinky and I oscillate between being insatiable or not interested at all... so I guess I have no hope of being the one true Hexbearian. Womp womp. guts-pain

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

Just vibe and do chill shit like making actionable threats on sitting Senators and posting your favorite recipes for explosives

spoilerplease don't

[-] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lol I make sure to make unactionable threats about political figures and capitalists to those who are extremely tired of or disinterested in listening to my political rants instead. Also I don't have any favorite explosive recipes nor do I know any off rip atm. I do however have a parent from Ireland so I'd imagine it will just come to me naturally eventually, kinda like the avatar state. ira 🌊 🔥 🌬️ 🌍

Very surprised we have no Avatar emojis, just the giant Smurf peeps.

[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

I mean, I'd rather you didn't.

[-] allnaturalanthrax@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

To win at hexbear you got to appear more communist than everybody else while not adhering to your own beliefs because you’re the ceo of communism. I KNOW THERES PEOPLE LYING ABOUT BEING VEGAN FOR INTERNET POINTS! (your valid)

[-] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Honestly, I've been here years and I'm still figuring it out.

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For emojis you either hit emoji symbol then search, or you click on the asterisk (furthest right icon) for the custom ones.

[-] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If a power poster would like to go over each feature individually I shall abandon atheism and pray to satin for infinite 9/11's on the first world.

You’re not already doing this? Okay, step 0…

hail-seitan took-restraint vegan-seitan

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