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Gate test 2: essay tag (full)

P2-INTRO: Tagged essay, which goes out in full. No social marker, so nothing is cut.

P2-BODY-1: The first body paragraph of this test post, long enough to make the excerpt and the preview behave like a real article would.

P2-BODY-2: A second paragraph with more words, so we can see where the excerpt ends and whether the body is dropped or kept.

P2-BODY-3: The last paragraph of the body.

P2-EDITED: This paragraph was added in an edit after publishing.

P2-EDITED-AFTER-RULE-CHANGE: Added after the essay rule changed to none. The post already went out in full, so this edit still reaches followers.

Gate test 1c: preview with a custom excerpt

P1C-CUSTOM-EXCERPT: This is the custom excerpt the author wrote.

Gate test 1b: long untagged post (preview)

P1B-INTRO: A long untagged public post. The default format is preview: followers get the excerpt and a link, not the body. P1B-BODY-1: This paragraph is filler to push the post well past the five hundred characters of an excerpt, so the preview has to stop somewhere. This

Gate test 13: essay tag after the rule changed to none

P13-NONE: Published after the essay rule changed from full to none. Should not reach the social web.

Gate test 4b: podcast tag (note) with an on-site feature image

P4B-INTRO: Tagged podcast, so it goes out as a note. No marker, so the note uses the excerpt, and the feature image (uploaded to the site) is attached. P4B-BODY: More body text that only shows up in the excerpt if it fits.

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Gate test 1c: preview with a custom excerpt

Gate test 1b: long untagged post (preview)

Gate test 13: essay tag after the rule changed to none

Gate test 4b: podcast tag (note) with an on-site feature image