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Post to your circle from the website

Write a note, add photos, videos, files, or a GIF, and say when it happened, all from the box at the top of your circle on the website.

This is for anyone in a circle who'd like to post from the website. At the end, your post is in the circle for everyone.

Adding from the website

Open your circle and tap the box at the top. It opens up so you can write, add photos, and say when it happened, all in one place.

  1. In Post to the circle, type what you'd like to say. Type @ to mention someone in the circle.
  2. Choose Photo, video, or file to add photos, videos, or files (a PDF, or a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document), Camera to take one now, or Voice note to record a message. The add options, including GIF and Link, appear when you tap into the box, on a phone or a computer.
  3. Each photo has a small … button. Tap it to Crop the photo, Tag people in it, Describe it for people who can't see it, or Remove it. To tag someone who isn't in the circle, just type their name. Drag the numbered corner to change the order.
  4. If your first photo knows when it was taken, that date fills in When did this happen? (optional) for you. You can change it to your own words, and Use the date from the photo puts it back.
  5. Choose Post. Everything goes up together as one post, and you'll see Posted. Everyone will see it after a quick check.

Changed your mind? Cancel closes the box and keeps what you wrote and added, so it's all there the next time you tap in. To start over instead, choose Throw away in the open box. We ask Throw this away? right there — choose Throw away again, or Keep writing. While you write, Draft saved means your words are kept even if you close the page.

A photo on its own is fine, and so are a few words on their own. Several photos posted together show as one card; tap any of them to see it large.

Spotted a wrong date on something you posted? Choose the pencil beside the date at the top of your post and type the right one. It saves when you press Enter or move on to something else, so there's no Save button to look for. If the photo knows when it was taken, Use the date from the photo puts that date back, even after you've cleared it. If you started the circle, or you help look after it, you can fix the date on anyone's post too.

A note without a photo can be up to 50,000 characters. Captions can be up to 5,000 characters. If your words are longer, post them as a note, or shorten them to add a photo, video, or file. Your text stays in the box while you decide.

A small dot marks posts you haven't looked at yet. It goes away once you've seen the post.

Long notes show a preview. Choose Read more to open the whole note and its conversation.

Saying when something happened

The date your phone or scanner puts on an old photo is usually the day the file was made, not the day in the picture. The When did this happen? box lets you say it in your own words, and we keep them exactly as you write them.

Write it any way you like: Summer 1972, Christmas morning, 1987, the summer we all drove to Maine or June 4, 2023. It's optional, and you don't need an exact day.

See Add the real date to an old photo.

Sharing a GIF

Text or email a GIF to your circle like any other photo, or on the website tap GIF in the box at the top to pick one.

A GIF first shows as a still picture with a small GIF label in the corner. Tap the play button in the corner to watch it, and tap it again to stop. Nothing moves until you choose to play it.

You can reply with a GIF too. Tap GIF in any comment box, pick one and send it, with or without a few words.

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