Status updates let you interact with others in the community. You can also delete
your own updates, see who liked them, see other people's updates, and several other fancy
things.
- Interact with Others from Status Updates
- Comment on, share, follow, or repost a status update by clicking any of these
commands in the footer of the update (yours or others'). This is a fun way to engage
with other community members.
- Limit Your Status Update to a Specific Group
- Share your update with only a specific group by clicking
Change beneath the status box and then selecting the
group before you post. When you post a status update to a group, only members
and/or followers of that group will see the update in their attention streams.
If the overview page of the group includes the Recent Activity widget, the
status update will be displayed there as well.
- Delete Your Status Update
- Delete your own update by going to your Inbox and clicking on the time stamp in
the update (for example, "posted 2 hours ago"). From the permalink page, click
Delete. You can also delete an update by going to
your user profile and clicking . From there, click the update's time stamp, and then
Delete.
- See Who Liked Your Status Update
- Click the number next to Like in your status update to
see the people who liked it.
- Use Tags in Your Status Updates
- Insert one or more tag(s) in your update by preceding keywords with a hash or pound sign (#) so that
you and others can find the update more easily later. For more on tagging, see
Using Tags.
- Filter by Status Updates
- Filter any of your attention streams by selecting .
- See Someone Else's Status Updates
- Click a person's avatar or name from any of your attention streams, or search
for the person from the People finder or spotlight search box. Click on the
person's name to go to their profile page, then click .