A Quick Post is a perfect way to share a quick status update and/or share a single image, video, or embedded link with your members. When creating a Quick Post, you can add a single image, video, file, video link, or embedded link.

Quick Posts are enabled on your Feed feature in a Space by default. To toggle them on or off go to the Space > gear icon > Features > Manage. Here, you can also restrict the ability to create Quick Posts to only Hosts and Moderators, or allow all Members to create them. Members can comment on Quick Posts regardless of this setting.

Here is how to post a quick post on the web:

Or, you can open up the Mighty Networks iOS or Android app and add a Quick Post using the pencil icon along the bottom menu.

When creating a Quick Post, you can add a single image, video, video link, embedded link, or file attachment.

If you want to add multiple images, videos, or file attachments, we suggest using an Article instead (keep scrolling to see exactly how to create an Article).

If you're sharing a single image in a Quick Post, you have the option to add the text of your post so that it sits just below the image (like a caption) or on top of the image (so that it appears as a background image behind your text).

To toggle between these options, just tap or click on the prompt in the corner that gives you the option to expand the image you're sharing as a background photo or collapse it so that it fits just above the text you're sharing.

Quick Post images display in either a 21:9 horizontal ratio or a 3:4 vertical ratio. Posting images with a 3:4 ratio is best if you want images to be saved as a background. If you're not using an image as a background, any normal size should work well because the image will display in the same shape as you upload it. Just keep in mind that if the image is really wide (like a panorama) or really long, some cropping will occur when you see the image in the main feed. However, we preserve and display the original image if you click or tap on it to view the full size.

If you want to add headers, bold text or italic text, or hyperlinked text, we recommend using the Article option instead. Bold or italic text is not possible this time in a Quick Post.

Need some help with your Quick Post? If you are on the Community plan and up and have this AI feature enabled, then all you have to do is type a sentence (or just a few words) and highlight the text with your cursor. The “Make it Better” sparkle icon will appear.

All you have to do is type a sentence (or just a few words), then highlight the text with your cursor. The “Make it Better” sparkle icon will appear.

The options that appear when selecting the Sparkle icon are:

You can also use hashtags, emojis and GIFs in a Quick Post, Chat message, Article, or comment on web or mobile!

Anyone in your Mighty Network (Host, moderator or member) can create hashtags. Simply select the hashtag prompt or by typing a “#” followed by text, similar to how hashtags work on other platforms. You can also use multiple hashtags to tag the same content.

The hashtag prompt tool tip will disappear after it is dismissed once.

Hashtags can contain letters, numbers or the underscore character but they can’t contain other special characters (like “&” or “$” etc…) or extra spaces.

As you’re typing the hashtag, we’ll show you a dropdown to surface existing available hashtags. If you want to create your own, you can simply keep typing to create a new hashtag.

Hashtags used on content that exists only in a Space that a member doesn’t have access to will not show as a dropdown option. If the member has access to the Space where the content lives, then the hashtag will appear in the dropdown as an option.

After clicking a hashtag, search results will show all content across the Mighty Network that contains that hashtag. If tagged content exists within a Space to which the member doesn’t have access, the content will not appear in the list.

To learn more about how hashtags work in your Mighty Network, including how to highlight them in a Space, check out this article.

You can add GIFs and emojis to comments or in chat, and you can put them in Articles and Quick Posts too. Check out this article to learn more!

Updated June 2023