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3 Screens

Notices are shown on 3 different screens; the Feed, Map and Comment screens, navigate between them using the crown icons.

The Feed or News screen is the same/similar to what you find on Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit etc. The difference is that instead of showing posts by people you know, people you follow or by different categories it shows Notices based on their proximity to you starting with the most recent. You can vote on, comment on, or reply to posts and direct message the poster.

The Map is like a local marketplace where people can offer goods of services for sale or call out for people or things they are looking for. You can find people with the same interests living nearby, recycle things, find local tradespeople, businesses, events and so on. There are no comments on the Map, It's set up for making direct contact with people, you can send a message or enquiry using the dropdown below the Notice, get replies and chat from your Control Panel and arrange to meet.

The Comment-Tree or Comments is a graphical user interface and a more dynamic way of debating, commenting on and replying to comments on Notices, you navigate to it using the crown icon within the Notice.

All the screens have search facilities, touch/click the NOTICEING logo, top centre, to open.
The Map screen features 'Search Highlighting' a new search facility that highlights with a coloured halo, markers on the map with Notices containing the keyword or name searched. You can open Notices on the Map on the basis of their proximity, you can pinch or splay to pan in or out of the map to increase the range of your search or you can use 'Search Highlighting' to highlight Notices containing a keyword like plumber, tennis or bicycle or a name to find out where they are. You can only use one word at a time on the search.
The Search on the main Feed screen will bring up the Notices of a person you know by name or Notices that contain the keyword (or similar to the keyword) in the title or text. You can go into the Control Panel and increase or decrease the radius of the catchment area you are searching then do the search. The search on the 'Comment Tree' searches all the comments and replies for keywords or the name or screen name of the person making the comment. (There's a bug so the search currently doesn't work when you're using a mobile but it does work on tablets and laptops)

Voting

Vote(-4)
Noticeing is a place where local democracy reigns. You can vote on all the Notices and comments made from within a certain distance away (about 30 miles). Notices or comments currently receiving on aggregate 5 more negative votes than positive votes are automatically deleted from the network, you have one vote enabled on each Notice posted. In this way bad or inappropriate Notices are voted off the network enabling local network users to curate the content shown in their neighbourhood rather than being subject to the vagaries of tech company algorithms and moderators.
Use the little red triangles to vote on Notices, comments and replies to comments. You can see the voting facility below the crown under the headline of the Notice. To vote on comments and replies to Notices in the Feed, touch or mouseover the text and the voting facility appears.

Geolocation

Noticeing is built around geolocation. It's used to show you Notices posted from the area around you, as a form of ID so you don't have to sign up or login to access your account and to validate voting. In order to use Noticeing you need to allow your browser to access to your precise location.
The Map screen puts a target marker on your location and shows Notices posted from the surrounding area. On the Feed screen the default is to display notices from within about 20 miles of your location but you can increase or decrease the size of your catchment area.
When your Notice is posted on the map it opens from a marker positioned where you were when you posted the notice. So that other people don't exactly know where you live or work the location is put through a randomiser that makes the location approximate and not exactly correct. You can also choose to switch location off so that your notice is not marked on the Map, to do this touch/click CHOOSE MAP STYLE and select Hide marker(s).
Use a room in your home, your workplace or a special place as your base when you're "Noticeing" then you will be automatically logged in so you can edit posts or reply to enquiries. Another way is to keep the tab on the browser that you used to post the notice open and reload the page from that tab to update your messages etc.

POST A NOTICE

Touch/Click the compass icon, top right, to open the Control Panel then the 'POST A NOTICE' button and the Notice form opens.
Enter one or more of the following; a headline or title this will appear in capital letters (max 74 characters), the text of your Notice (you can include links in your text), an image or video(max 20MB), a YouTube or X video link and your name or screen name (optional).
To embed a YouTube or X/Twitter video in your Notice use the circle next to the file upload button. Touch/click to open it then paste the link that's underneath the video on the YouTube or Twitter/X website.
Once a Notice is posted you can edit out any mistakes or delete it from the control panel that opens from the compass icon at the top right of the screen. Make sure you're in the same location you were in when you posted the Notice or you wont find it in the control panel, your location is basically your ID for opening your account!
Tip: Keep Noticeing open on a tab in your browser and you will always be logged in from the same location. It's best to use the same location at your home or workplace for logging in.

Privacy

There's no registration, sign up or login so you don't need a name or a password, an email address, (the name of your favourite pet and so on) to start using Noticeing.
Noticeing.com uses your geolocation as ID so you can choose to use your real name, a screen name or no name when you post a Notice.
Also noticeing.com doesn't set any cookies in your browser or collect any kind of data on you, there is no record of your activity for advertising purposes and there is no advertising.
Every Notice or Comment you post on Noticeing remains under your direct control and can be retracted, edited or deleted at any time.
Noticeing uses accurate location as a form of ID, that is an area about the size of a big double bed around you. If you have a place in your home where you do your Internet the accurate location of that place becomes your ID and if you are there you are automatically logged into Noticeing.
When a Notice is displayed on the Map the location is put through a randomiser so that it is not so accurate and the marker may be placed anywhere within about the size of football pitch away. In this way people can see the area you come from but not the house where you live, if you want you can switch off showing your Notices on the Map.
If you post a Notice using a mobile in a public place you will not be able to edit or receive direct messages about the Notice you posted unless you go back to the precise location you posted it from or you keep the tab on the browser you used to post the Notice open in which case you can go back to it and reload the page to get your messages in the Control Panel.

The Control Panel

From the Control Panel you can manage/edit/delete every Notice or comment you have posted and send and receive messages about a Notice. Touch/click the compass icon top right to open.
Noticeing is build around geo-location and to use it you must touch/click the 'GET ACCURATE LOCATION' button to get your geo-location and be in the same location you were in when you posted a Notice in order to receive messages about it or to edit or delete it.
The Control Panel is slightly different when you access it from the different screens; on the Map screen you can edit the type of marker used to open your Notice and CHANGE THE MAP STYLE, on the News feed you can change the size of the catchment area.
To edit a Notice simply edit the text shown in the Control Panel or "Choose File" to change the image or movie, X will delete the Notice.
To edit a comment simply change the text in the box and touch/click "Edit" or "X" to delete. Simply delete a reply that you don't want to show.
You can also access this guide and set up email notifications from the Control Panel.

Map - Markers - Marketplace

The Map based Marketplace is a directory of local resources you can access by typing keywords into the 'Search'. You can also increase or decrease the range of your search by panning in or out of the Map.

Notices open from markers on the Map and the target marker marks your location.
When you post a Notice a marker is placed on the map at your approximate (not your precise) geo-location. The markers are different depending on whether you posted from a mobile or a fixed broadband location; mobile phone posts have square icons as markers, posts using home, work or hotel broadband access are circular and both types can be modified by their owners to indicate different things. ie £ buy and sell. political, tradesman, making friends etc.
The default circular 'broadband' marker is a compass but from the Control Panel on the Map screen users can change their markers so that they more closely reflect the type of Notice they have posted. Mobile users are also allocated an icon with a pattern they can change if they wish.
When it comes down to buying or finding professional services knowing the sellers true and proven location is a key element in establishing trust as well as being useful for finding how to get to them or, on a more green eco-friendly basis, how far they have to travel using fuel, causing pollution etc to get to you (of course you can also go to the Comments screen).
Try to include keywords in your notice that someone looking for you might use to find you.

Here are some Marketplace use case scenarios:
Use it to find people with same interests living nearby. (Anyone for tennis?)
Buy, sell or recycle things.
Find local tradespeople
Publicise your business, your premises; shop, pub, restaurant or accomodation.
Show Art and Craft works to a local audience.
Point out places where things need to be done by the Council.

Email Notifications

Get email notifications when someone messages you about a Notice - very useful if you're selling and you want to respond quickly to enquiries.
Get a daily digest of the most recent Notices posted in your area.
Only works if you have already posted a Notice, the application form is at the bottom of the Control Panel.

Retweeting Notices

Seen a Notice in another neighbourhood and thinking people would like to see it in your area?
Touch/Click the white menu icon on the top left of the image and retweet it so that people in your area can see it! You have to enter an intro so that people know why you reposted it.

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