(WIP) How to use the Thread It Bot
The bot will listen to toots containing the "threadit" hashtag.
It will generate a web page with the full thread's content and send the link to you via direct message.
You can open a thread like that:
(Expand this toot for more instructions)
Indexes
You can continue writing in a Thread by writing a reply to the original toot using the hashtag "threadit", OPTIONALLY followed by an index number, like this:
If the reply does not contain the hashtag "threadit", it WILL NOT be included in the generated webpage as a section after the parent's toot (the one you replied to).
The index number identifies a Thread's section and represents the order that will be displayed on the generated web page. It can be used later together with commands that can reference an index (to overwrite or append content to the section, for example).
Conditions
If the hashtag "threadit" IS included in the reply, but IS NOT followed by an index number, then the Thread's section WILL NOT be further identifiable.
Further replies to the same parent toot containing the hashtag "threadit" WITH OR WITHOUT the same index number will be displayed on the web page right after the content of the parent toot, in the same order they were posted.
Sub-Indexes
You can also continue writing in a specific Thread's section by repeating a previous index, or identify it as a sub-index, like this:
#threadit 2:1
This section is identified now by index "2" and sub-index "1". It will be displayed in the web page after the content of index "2" or "2:0".
Sub-indexes identifies a sub-section that will be displayed in the web page after the previous sub-index (in this case it will display after the index "2").
It can also be further used with commands, such as "overwrite" and "append". We will see some commands in action in the following sections.
Conditions
Follows the same conditions previously listed for "Index".
There can be only one level of sub-index ("2:1:1" is not valid).
If the parent index wasn't identified in any other toots of this thread (in this case the index "2" or "2:0"), then it will be displayed in the web page after the parent toot's (the one you replied to) most recent reply containing the hashtag "threadit".
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