Snaps are here!

PeakD recently released it's own short form feature called Snaps. This is a feature where you can post a short 280 letter post much like Twitter. Those who have used Threads by @inleo, Waves by @ecency or Moments by @liketu will already know the drill. There's no direct announcement post of Snaps but @PeakD still somwhat explains the feature in this post.

They've added a lot of features to Snaps since it's release roughly a week ago and one of those features are community integrations. That's what we're here to talk about today.

Gaming snaps

We highly encourage everyone in the community to make use of the Snap feature. It's a great way to get extra positive exposure on Hive.

Snaps are a great way to share lesser gaming moments that isn't suited for a whole blog post. Like sharing a cool screenshot, your latest win in Fortnite, that you're excited about playing a new game or that you're about to go live on your stream. It can also be a great place to ask simple questions or get a discussion going.

I would personally discourage using the Snaps feature only as post promotion. Try to contribute in more creative ways.

Curating gaming snaps

Starting today we will be actively reading and curating the Snaps feed for the Hive Gaming Community. We will also be curating comments made to snaps in the community.

I hope we can see some good Snap activity going forward and that it can be a positive feature to create an even more engaging community than we already have.

How to snap?

Snaps can be accessed from two places. The main feed can be found at the top of the PeakD page and should be hard to miss. It even has a blue border around it. This is where you'll find all and every Snap created and it will be the place to post general Snaps.

Community Snaps can be found on the community page in the top menu as illustrated below. By going in here you'll only get to see Snaps posted through your chosen community. It's also where you go to post your own Snaps. Snaps made through the community will show up on both the community feed and the general feed, meaning you won't lose out on the exposure of posting through the main feed. It's a best of both worlds!