Here's a list of features that exist now that might not have been around last time you used the site:
- Embedded media: when composing, links that are on their own line in posts get embedded. When viewing, users can set whether embeds should be shown to them at all (vs just links) in their settings.
- Pinned chosts: you can pin any cohost post (chost) that you've posted. There is no limit to how many posts you can pin.
- Search by user or #tag: the top menu has a search page that lets you find people by username or display name or search for tags to bookmark.
- Content Warning filters: you can set up deny-list filters for content warnings in your settings page to keep posts with those warnings from being shown on your timeline
- Lock comments: you can lock the comments on each of your chosts in the 3-dot menu after you've posted it.
- Per-user reply or share toggling: you can temporarily opt out of replies or shares while you're looking at a given user's profile. This can help you find specific chosts by them, but it doesn't persist to your timeline settings.
- Activation Queue is one day: you currently need only be kept from posting for one day after sign-ups. All users in waiting get activated by staff each day. (subject to change)
- Cohost Plus! supports the creators of this website for $5 a month: it allows you to upload images up to 10MB in your chosts and you can use custom emotes of "the Host" from the logo like
*edit: thanks to @eden for helping me better understand some of these!
**edit 2: shoutouts to @SilverStarsIllustration for doing the illustrations for the Host emotes. I had trouble finding the original post until today!
all i have to add/amend is that the activation queue is entirely based on current load, which means that this week has been a bit of a longer wait than normal (but even in extremely generalized terms, every new user is on track to be activated within a week, often much sooner).
i realize that this is unusual, and the benefits aren't immediately obvious... but the most important and totally invisible benefit is that there's been almost zero spam and/or bad behavior on cohost since the site launched.
thank you so much for your patience, and thanks for your interest in cohost! we're very happy you're here.
