Why is Steemit so pernickety

in #steemit8 years ago

So - spent 2 hours writing a post..

Lots backup links to support what I was saying.

Youtube video that formed central thesis.

Image correctly inserted.

Used all the linking tools provided to insert hyperlinks.


Then tag and post.


Nope - gives a 'Remove HTML tag ins' error

Sour post for nearly an hour,

HTML view - no such tags.


So I remove all the hyperlinks, even the image.


Still won't post.

I have - in the same time, posted the same article on 6 other sites. No issues.

Sure there are differences in formatting - but why is this system so awkward.. 

Not the first time - but if it's so difficult to generate material that satisfies the parser on this engine - I really don't know if I can be bothered..


Am I alone in this?

I can find no FAQ on this - no explanation on what the error actually means (as it sure ain't as straightforward as an 'ins' tage - cos there are none in the piece I was submitting) No help from the interface.

Could be I'm an imbecile - I've only been coding for a few decades.

wtf is going on?

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Not a clue. Personally I've had no issues so far!

did you use markdown formatting? I find it pretty easy to catch on to and the most reliable for Steemit. There are a few HTML tags you can use like "center" but not a lot of them. I find that for HTML I have to do trial and error.

Thanks for the recommendation.
I'm actually not doing anything clever - putting a few links in basically.. Unsure what the page thinks I'm inserting and seems no way - other than trial and error to find out. After an hour of re-formatting the page 5 times I gave up. ;)

yeah I got pretty frustrated with trying to get links and pictures into posts when i started.. then i figured out using markup links are just [title here](link here) and bob's your uncle. Pictures can go straight in now.

I'm not able to drop in raw HTML easily, which makes it difficult to cut & paste from another web page, @bill-froog
Empathize with your frustration, Bill.