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How to share a suggested post by Text Message (SMS) using a mobile phone

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Written by James Ketchum
Updated over a week ago

Note: Text message (SMS) are only available when using a mobile phone.


From the home screen, browse the suggested posts until you find one that you like.

Click on the article you like (but not the link, which takes you to the actual article) to start the sharing process.  Then click the Share Article button.

You'll see the title with some information about the article, an image, and four quick share buttons between them.  You can quickly share on Facebook, Twitter, and Buffer, or you can click the plus circle and jump to the


Then you'll see a suggested message and a number of ways to share the message.

Click on the Text button to share via text message.  Your phone will open the messaging application and put this message along with a link to the article or image in the message body.

You'll have to fill out the To field with the phone numbers or contacts you want to send the message to before you can send the message.

Note: If you share on Android, the To: field will be pre-populated with a 1.  You'll want to remove it if you're adding phone numbers from your contacts.

End Result

Here's how your text message will appear to anyone on an iPhone, which now automatically renders most links as a pretty image with a title. 😻

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