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Post

A post is a text-based message, for a public or private audience. It can be a reply to other posts.

There's not a limit on the length of the text, but all Scuttlebot messages (including their headers) must be less than 8KB.

{
  type: 'post',
  text: String,
  channel: String?,
  root: MsgLink?,
  branch: MsgLink? | MsgLinks?,
  recps: FeedLinks?,
  mentions: Links?
}

Text

text is a markdown string that includes the body of the post. See SSB-Markdown for some Scuttlebot-specific markdown rules.

Channel

channel is optionally used for categorization. It's similar to subreddits or chat channels.

Root and branch

root and branch are for replies. root should point to the topmost message in the thread. branch should point to the message or set of messages in the thread which is being replied to.

In the first reply of a thread, root === branch, and both should be included. root and branch should only point to type: post messages. If the post is about another message-type, use mentions.

Mentions

mentions is a generic reference to other feeds, entities, blobs, or channels/hashtags.

• User mentions: for when a user is referenced in the text.
• Blob mentions: for when a file is referected in the text.
• Message mentions: for when a message is referenced in the text.
• Channel/hashtag mentions: for when a channel/hashtag is referenced in the text. Note: these are not returned in queries using the sbot.links method, but they are in queries using the ssb-backlinks plugin.

Recps

recps is a list of user-links specifying who the message is for. This is typically used for encrypted messages, to specify who the message was encrypted for, but it can be used in unencrypted messages as well.