Approval and Activity

For a contributor, the yellow button under the composer reads Send for approval, and so does the button in the Schedule popover.

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   1. Write the Buzz.

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   2. To ask for a time, press Schedule and pick a time or Next slot. To ask for it to go out as soon as it's approved, press the yellow Send for approval instead.

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   3. Add a Note for the approver if there's something they should know.

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   4. Press Send for approval.

Every owner and editor hears about it. The Buzz moves to In review in the sidebar on the Buzz page, sits on the Calendar at the time you asked for, and stays editable. Take back returns it to your drafts.

What waits for you is at the top of Activity, under Waiting for your approval: who sent it, the time they asked for, their note and its Hive check score (how much it sounds like your brand, from 0 to 100). The same buttons are in the post panel and above the post in the composer.

• Approve schedules it at the time asked for, or posts it now when that's what was asked.
• To edit it first, open it in the composer, change it, and press Approve there. Your edits save before it goes out.
• If the time asked for has passed, Approve asks you for a new one. Nothing goes out on its own while it waits.
• Send back asks what should change. Write your note and press Send back: the Buzz returns to the drafts, and your note lands on it as a comment.

One approval is enough. Approvers get a nudge an hour before the time a waiting Buzz asked for.

When a contributor sends a Weekly plan with Send week for approval, Activity shows Approve the week above its posts, with how many there are. You can still approve or send back posts one at a time. A post whose time has passed needs approving on its own, with a new time.

Open Activity in the menu, or press v. It's one timeline for the whole organization, grouped by day: who did what to each Buzz, and who joined, changed role or left. It's on every plan, so a one-person organization sees its own history.

Narrow it with the three menus above the timeline: who did it (Everyone to start), which social set (All sets) and what happened (Everything, or Writing, Approval, Schedule or Team). Press a Buzz to open it in the post panel, where History shows the same timeline for that Buzz alone. Show earlier activity loads more.

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   1. Open the Buzz. In the composer, open the … menu and press Comments. In the post panel, the comments sit under the Buzz.

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   2. Write your comment. Type @ to tag a teammate.

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   3. Press Comment.

To comment on certain words, select them in the composer and press Comment on the pill beside Ask Buzz. Those words stay underlined while the comment is open. If they change later, the underline goes and the comment keeps the quote.

Anyone can reply once under a comment. Resolve closes a thread, and Reopen brings it back: the comment's author, the Buzz's author, the owner and editors can resolve. You can edit or delete your own comments, and the owner can delete any. Comments open once the draft has saved.

The people you tag, the Buzz's author and, for a reply, whoever started the thread hear about it in the app and by email, at most one email per Buzz every 30 minutes. Switch the email under Comments on a Buzz in Notifications.