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Views
A view is a logical way of looking at site content. It can typically be found as a sub-menu on the main page.
Musings
A musing is a short note, thought, or story from a user that has no minimum read-time.
A Musing view shows the latest Musings from users.
Following
A view which shows the latest Posts and Questions from users you have followed.
Recent
The default view that shows all the latest Posts but does not use any filters.
News
A view that shows all the latest Posts that have been marked as news.
Questions
A view that shows all the latest questions.
Videos
A view that shows all the latest Posts that contain videos.
Statistics
Many events are recorded while a user is on the site such as the following. A post can be considered in the following states:
| Browsed |
A user has opened it but stayed for less than 10% of the read time. |
| Viewed |
A user has opened it and has stayed for at least 10% of the read time. |
| Read |
A user has opened it and has stayed for at least 10% of the read time. |
Editing
You can create and edit a story using our editor. Every story requires a title, sub-title, and body.
The body of the story should contain a start, middle, and ending.
Editor
The editor gives you the ability to determine the font size and style of text,
add an image, add a video, create an order or unordered list, and add a link.
It also shows you the number of words you've written as well as any minimum number of words needed to publish the story.
The editor will automatically auto-save the story once every 3 minutes.
It will also allow you to listen to the story as audio.
Here's an image of the Sayzio editor:
The top row of icons provides the ability to specify the text styles, list styles, embed a link, image, and podcast.
Additonally, the image can be one that you own or have rights to use and upload, or you may select one from Unsplash.
Underneith the editor you can see how many words you've written, how many minutes of read-time those words would typically take,
the number of read-time minutes required to be posted, and whether you have met those requirements for read-time.
Publishing
Once you consider your story completed, you can publish it yourself by changing it's status to publish or sending to a Zone.
You can also schedule uyour story for a later date/time to.
The following are guidelines when creating a post
- The post must be at least N minutes read-time where N is either the global site-wide minimum or the Zone minimum number of allowed read minutes.
- The title must be in AP style capitalization.
- The sub-title must be in sentence style capitalization.
Read Time
Each post has a stated read-time. This is calculated by dividing ther number of words in the post by 250 and finding the floor of the result. e.g., 300 words is considered a 1 minute read,
The site has a minimum allowed number of minutes read time for a post to be accepted. Each Zone may also specify a minimum read time for a post to be submitted.
Headlines and sub-headings
In general, a title should be AP style capitolization and sub-headings should be sentence case capitolization.
But don't worry, the server(s) will convert it for you when you save or publish your story.
The following are guidelines when creating a heading or sub-heading
- Spacing: Use one space after a period (not two).
- Serial comma: Do not use a comma before the last item in a series.
- Perspective: Write your heading and sub-heading from a third-person perspective (e.g., he/she/it/they), never first person (I/we) or second you).
- Numbers: Spell out numbers between one and nine, then use numerals thereafter (e.g., eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, and so on).
- Dates: Use numbers for dates and abbreviate months with more than five letters.
- Common acronyms: Acronyms that are widely recognized, such as FBI, CIA, NASA, EU, US, IRS, NATO, COVID, NIH, and CDC, are acceptable.
- Less common acronyms: Acronyms that are less well-known but still common, such as OSHA, can be used after spelling out the full name on the first mention.
- Formal titles: Abbreviations can be used for people's formal titles, such as CEO or PhD.
- State abbreviations: Each US state has a specific abbreviation that can be used.
- Measurements and units: Standardized abbreviations can be used for measurements and units, such as lbs for pounds, in for inches, ft for feet, cm for centimeters, kg for kilograms, and L for liters.
Follow
This means that when you click the view menu Following, what will be displayed are posts and questions from all followed users.
The displayed items will not include anything from users that have been blocked or hidden.
Block
This means you will not see any posts, questions, answers, comments, or notifications from the user(s) you have blocked.
Additionally, a blocked user cannot message you and cannot see your posts, questions, answers, or comments.
Mute
This means you will not see any posts, questions, answers, or comments from the muted user. However, a muted user can send you a message.
A user can perform any of the followiong actions on a post:
| Bookmark |
A user may bookmark a post once it is opened. All bookmarks are kept in a bookmark list which is private for each user. |
| Comment |
A user may add a comment, including emojis once the post is opened. |
| Copy Link |
A user may copy a link to the post once it is opened. |
| Listen |
A user may listen to a post once it is opened. |
| Report |
A user may report a post once the post is opened. |
| Share |
A user may share post once the post is opened. |
| Upvote |
A user may upvote a post once the post is opened. |
A logged-in user may chat with another user in real-time. An ad-hock chat will dissappear once both users have left the chat.
A user may also create a Chat Room where multiple users may communicate as a Zone. Chat Rooms are persistent and allow users to join and leave at any time. Because they are persistent, they do not go away once all users have left the room. Thus, a Chat Room will always be there.
Additionally, Chat rooms have a heading to describe why they exist, a description of the intentions for the Chat Room, and are assigned an administrator when they are created. That administrator may, at any time, mute a Chat user and/or ban them from the Chat Room.
A chat Room and/or any of its users may be reported and are subject to banishment from the room. Bad actors will not be tollerated.
A user may acquire digital badges as a mark of achievement as follows:
-- Writers --
| Writer |
A Writer badge may be earned when a user publishes at least one post in a calendar month.
That badge will remain until the writer does not publish anything in a calendar month. |
| Senior Writer |
An Senior Writer badge may be earned when a member publishes at least one four posts per calendar month for at least 6 consecutive months. |
| Leader |
A Leader badge may be earned when a user's post has been on the recommended list at least twice in a month. |
| Influential |
A Influential badge may be earned when a user's post has been on the recommended list at six times in a month. |
-- Zones --
| Owner |
An owner badge is designated when a member creates a new Zone.
An owner can do everything in a Zone. |
| Admin |
An admin badge is designated by a Zone owner.
An admin can do everything an editor can do as well as add new writers, banash writers, and designate a writer as an editor. |
| Editor |
An editor badge is designated by a Zone owner.
An editor can moderate posts submitted to a Zone, edit those posts, publish a post to the Zone,
and submit posts to the Zone owner as something that should be pinned to the top of the Zone's landing page. |
Zones
What is a Zone?
A Zone is a collection of written content such as articles, questions and answers, musings, videos, and podcasts that share a common theme, topic, ideology, or idea.
Sayzio members can follow a Zone making it easier to see its content. They can also join a Zone which makes them eligible to receive newsletters from the Zone,
submit content to be included within the Zone, and interact with other Zone members.
Zones are owned by a Sayzio member. They have one or more administrators and one or more editors. A Zone administrator can do any function within the Zone.
A Zone owner is the only person who can close a Zone or grant that ownership to another Sayzio member.
A Zone administrator can admit Sayzio members to a closed Zone, accept Sayzio members as editors, and perform all editor functions.
A Zone editor can accept or decline submitted content, modify submitted content, and recommend Zone members who have contributed content for badges and awards.
Getting Started
