# Writing Posts TODO ## Formatting This section describes the different post input types accepted by GoToSocial, and the method GtS uses to parse text into HTML. ### Links Any recognized links in the text will be shortened and turned into proper hyperlinks. For example: > Here's a link to something: https://example.org/some/link/address will become: > Here's a link to something: [example.org/some/link/address](https://example.org/some/link/address) ### Mentions You can 'mention' another account by referring to the account in the following way: > @some_account@example.org In this example, `some_account` is the username of the account you want to mention, and `example.org` is the domain that hosts their account. The mentioned account will get a notification that you've mentioned them, and be able to see the post in which they were mentioned. Mentions are formatted in a similar way to links, so: > @some_account@example.org will become: > @some_account ## Input Types GoToSocial currently accepts two different types of input. These are: * `plain` * `markdown` Plain is the default method of posting: GtS accepts some plain looking text, and converts it into some nice HTML by parsing links and mentions etc. Markdown is a more complex way of organizing text, which gives you more control over how your text is parsed and formatted. For more information on markdown, see [The Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/).