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Social

The social feed is where collectors share finds, follow each other and talk about retro tech. It's a profile-based feed of posts with images, item tags and hashtags, plus follows, friends, showcase profiles and the Connections hub.

The RetroTechCollector social feed, showing posts from other collectors with images, likes and commentsThe RetroTechCollector social feed, showing posts from other collectors with images, likes and comments

The feed​

The feed has three tabs:

  • For You — a public feed of posts from across the community. Anyone can read it, signed in or not.
  • Following — posts from the collectors you follow. Needs an account.
  • Friends — posts from your friends only. Needs an account.

Logged-out visitors can browse For You, open public profiles and hashtag pages, and search. Anything that changes data — liking, commenting, following or posting — prompts you to sign in first.

On mobile, Social is one of the five tabs in the bottom bar, alongside Collection, Marketplace, Add and You.

The social feed on a phone, showing the five-tab bottom navigation barThe social feed on a phone, showing the five-tab bottom navigation bar

Posting​

Posting is Collector+

Writing posts needs a Collector or Enthusiast plan. Reading the public feed, following collectors and messaging are open to any signed-in member. See Plans & billing.

A post can carry up to 10 images, a caption, item tags from your collection, hashtags and a content warning for anything that should be tapped to reveal. To write one:

  1. Open Social and start a new post.
  2. Add your caption, then attach up to 10 images if you want to.
  3. Tag any items from your collection so people can see exactly what you're showing.
  4. Add hashtags to group your post with others on the same topic.
  5. Add a content warning if it's needed, then publish.
Composing a social post with a caption, attached photos, a tagged collection item and hashtagsComposing a social post with a caption, attached photos, a tagged collection item and hashtags

Likes, comments, share, report and block​

Like any post, or add a comment to join the conversation — both appear under the post in the feed. You can share a post, report one that breaks the rules, and block a collector to stop seeing them and hide your posts from them.

Hashtags​

Hashtags you add become links. Tapping a hashtag opens its hashtag page — a feed of every post using that tag — so you can follow a topic across the whole community.

Following collectors​

Follow other collectors to bring their posts into your Following feed. Following is free for any signed-in member. Public accounts add you straight away; private accounts use a follow request that the collector approves before you see their posts.

Profiles and showcase​

Every collector has a profile with a cover banner, a pinned grails shelf for their standout pieces, and their follower and following counts. Below that, a set of Showcase tabs organises what they've chosen to show:

  • Posts — their feed activity.
  • Collection — items they've made public.
  • For Sale — their live marketplace listings.
  • Wishlist — what they're hunting for.
  • Lists — curated groupings they've built.
  • Trophies — badges and achievements from the Engagement Hub.
A collector's profile page with a cover banner, pinned grails shelf and the showcase tabsA collector's profile page with a cover banner, pinned grails shelf and the showcase tabs

The Connections hub​

Connections (at /friends) brings your whole social graph into one place, split across four tabs:

  • Following — collectors you follow.
  • Followers — collectors who follow you.
  • Friends — mutual, email-discovered connections that also unlock viewing each other's full collection.
  • Requests — pending follow and friend requests, in and out.

Following is free. Friends — which unlock full-collection viewing — need a Collector or Enthusiast plan.

Want-it wishlist​

Keep a Want-it wishlist of items you're after from the Library. When a matching item appears — for sale or new to the catalogue — you get an alert, so you don't have to keep checking by hand. (As a guest, adding to your wishlist prompts you to sign in first.)

Tune what reaches you

Follows, likes, comments and Want-it alerts can each go to push, email or the Inbox. Set how you hear about them on the Notifications page.

To message a collector directly, see Messaging. To list an item you've shown off, head to Selling.