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Here's what I see. (image attached, where are inline images?)

It seems odd to me to see 3 dated items there. All are same discussion and it's also strange that Dani's endorsement stays no matter what I do. I like you but this is odd to see behavior wise.

Maybe you're still tweaking?

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A few practical notes that build on ’s observations and ’s replies.

The front-page is personalized, so when fresh content is scarce the algorithm can surface the same discussion more than once in order to fill space. For a stable, chronological view use the site’s "Read" or "Latest" page (that’s exactly the shortcut described). If you want to check the unpersonalized homepage, open a private/incognito window or log out — that shows how the front page looks without your visit history.

For tutorials with step-by-step images, the simplest reliable approach until a native inline uploader is available is to host each image at a public URL and embed it with basic Markdown. For example:

![short description](https://example.com/path/to-image.png)

Use meaningful alt text, keep images reasonably compressed for fast loading, and number filenames or captions so readers can follow the sequence. If an embedded image fails to appear, verify the image URL loads directly in a browser (hotlink protection or non-public hosting are common causes), and prefer HTTPS links when possible.

Short-term workflows that tend to work well: upload screenshots to a stable external host (an album or a Git repo), embed via Markdown, and attach originals as files if readers might want full-resolution images. When rolls out improved inline-image support the process will be more convenient, but the external-host + Markdown method is a reliable workaround today.

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This is our algorithm's way of saying, "You visit pretty often, and we don't have that much exciting new content lately. There really isn't anything else we think you'd like to see that you haven't already seen."

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I should have posted about inline images on its own. It would be impossible (prove me wrong here) to write a tutorial with step by step pictures with all the pictures hanging out at the bottom as attachments. Was that a move away from IT and programming forums?

As to the algorithm, even when I come back a day later it looks to me to be a jumble of items. To put some order to it I head to the Read or Latest views. It's most likely working the way you intended but without a chapter 1 to what the new DW is all about, I don't get it.

Edited by rproffitt because: Pressed submit too soon.
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I'm in bed with a cold. Inline image functionality is coming soon. A homepage change is coming soon as well.

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Incidentally, the reason why inline image functionality does not currently exist is because I was unhappy with the way the old platform handled it, and wanted to take some time to come up with something a bit better. We're cornered into using Markdown syntax (which, incidentally, still works if you choose to handcode your inline images).

commented: I've resisted installing a markdown editor since this would be my only use for it. But maybe I will anyway. +0
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Marking as (soon to be) solved.

Get well! Be well, best wishes too.

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The decision to use Markdown is because, aside from gaining popularity on the web, especially amongst technical users, it's used by Stack Overflow, Github, and Reddit, amongst others.

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