Talk in the forum

Open the forum

Open the forum from Help › Forum in the menu. You can also go straight to https://metronome.fm/forum. No key is assigned to opening the forum by default, but you can assign one with Help › Customize Shortcuts in the menu (see the "Keyboard shortcuts" chapter).

Topics are listed with the most recently active first, 30 per page. To see older topics, press "Next" below the list. Press a category at the top (Practice, Shared settings, Feedback, General) to show only that category.

• Posts: the number of posts in the topic
• new: when you're signed in, the number of posts added since you last opened the topic. In a topic you've never opened, every post counts as new
• Setting attached: a topic with a setting attached
• Solved: a question with a chosen solution (see "Mark a question as solved")
• Closed: a topic closed to new replies (see "Edit or delete")
• Pinned: a topic an admin pinned to the top of the list. Topics you should read first, such as the forum rules and how to use it, appear at the top of the first page

A topic shows 20 posts per page. When you open a topic from the list, it opens on the page with the first post you haven't read and scrolls to the "New since your last visit" line that marks where you left off. Use "Previous" and "Next" above and below the posts to open other pages.

Search the forum

Type words in the search box above the list and submit to search topic titles and post bodies. Like reading, searching works without signing in.

• Separate words with spaces to find posts that contain all of them
• Searches ignore uppercase and lowercase, and match parts of words ("trip" also finds "triplets")
• When a word is in a topic's title, the topic's first post is found
• If you've narrowed the list to a category, the search looks only in that category. You can switch categories on the results page too
• Deleted and hidden posts aren't searched

Results are listed newest first, with the text around your words. Press a result to open the page with that post and scroll to it.

There's a per-minute limit on how many searches you can make in a row. If you reach it, wait a moment and search again.

Start a topic or reply

1. 01Press "New topic" in the forum (if you're not signed in, the sign-in screen opens)
2. 02Choose a category and write a title and body
3. 03Press "Post"

To reply, write in the box at the bottom of the topic's last page and press "Reply". On other pages, a link to the last page appears instead of the box. You can also press ⌘ + Enter (Ctrl + Enter on Windows) in the box to send it (this also works when starting a topic or editing a post).

Topics, replies and edits you haven't finished are saved automatically as drafts in this browser ("Draft saved" appears next to the submit button). If you leave the page, open it again to pick up where you left off. Posting deletes the draft. You can also delete it with "Discard draft", and it's deleted when you cancel an edit. Drafts stay only in this device's browser and don't appear on other devices. Drafts older than 30 days are deleted.

To reply to part of someone's post, select text in the post and press "Quote and reply" below it. To quote a whole post, choose "Quote and reply" from the "…" menu at the top right of the post (quotes inside that post are left out). The quote goes into the reply box with who wrote it and a link to the original post. If you're not on the last page, you're taken to the box on the last page.

A quote shows "(name) wrote" above it; press it to go to the original post. The name is always the person who wrote the original post, not whatever the quoter typed. If the original post is deleted or hidden, it shows "Quoted post" instead.

Before a post is saved, AI checks it and turns away ads and spam, abusive language, and posts unrelated to practice or music. If a post isn't accepted, the reason is shown so you can rewrite it. There's an hourly limit on how many posts you can make in a row.

If the AI check fails to run, the post goes up without the check. If you find a post that doesn't belong, please report it (see "Report a post").

To keep new accounts from flooding the forum with ads, new members (people who don't yet have a post older than 24 hours) can post fewer times per hour, and can add fewer links to other sites (up to 2), images (up to 1) and @mentions (up to 3) per post. Once one of your posts is 24 hours old, the usual limits apply.

Markdown and images

You can write posts in Markdown: bold, lists, quotes, links, code, tables, and checkboxes (- [ ]). A single line break stays a line break. Switch to "Preview" to see how the post will look.

• HTML isn't supported (it isn't displayed)
• Links can only point to http, https, and mailto URLs, or to pages on this site
• Images from other sites aren't loaded; only their text is shown
• Only the author can tick the checkboxes in their own post

Write @ followed by a username (handle) in the body to mention that person. When you type @, people who posted in the topic are suggested. Type 3 or more characters to also search everyone else by username. Pick with ↑↓ and insert with Enter or Tab, or close with Esc. The person you mention gets a notification, and the username is shown in color in the post (hover over it to see their display name). You can mention up to 10 people per post.

If you haven't set a username, you set one above the box before starting a topic or replying (anything you've written stays). You can change it later in account settings.

You can add up to 4 images to a post by dragging and dropping them into the body, pasting them, or using "Add image". Images must be at least 280px on each side. They're shrunk to JPEG in your browser before uploading, which removes information such as where the photo was taken.

Images are also checked by AI when uploaded. Images judged unsuitable for the forum, or that couldn't be checked, aren't accepted.

Attach a setting

When starting a topic, use "Attach a setting (optional)" to attach one of your public settings. It appears as a card at the top of the topic, and readers can open it directly with "Open this setting".

Only public settings can be attached. To make a setting public, switch it to public in the library (see "Saving and sharing"). If you later make the setting private or delete it, it can no longer be opened from the topic.

Mark a question as solved

In the "Practice" and "Feedback" categories, the person who started a topic can choose the reply that answered it as the solution. Open the "…" menu at the top right of the reply and press "Mark as solution". Admins can choose one too.

• The chosen reply gets a "Solution" mark, and an excerpt of the answer with a "Go to the solution" link also appears below the first post
• The topic list shows a "Solved" mark. Press "Unsolved" in the list to show only questions without a solution
• The person who wrote the chosen reply gets a notification
• Only one reply can be the solution. Choosing another reply replaces it, and "Unmark as solution" removes it

Add reactions

Use the "Add reaction" button under a post to add one of 7 reactions: Thumbs up, Laugh, Hooray, Confused, Heart, Rocket, and Eyes. Press a reaction again to remove it. You can react to your own posts too.

Get notifications

When you're signed in, the bell at the top right of the screen notifies you when:

• Someone else replies to a topic you started or posted in. Replies to the same topic are combined into one notification with the number of new replies until you read them
• Your post is hidden because of reports or by an admin
• Your hidden post is visible again, or an admin deletes your post
• Someone mentions you with @ in a post. If the same reply would also send you a reply notification, you only get the mention

Press a mention notification to open the page with that post and scroll to it. Press any other notification to open the topic on the page with the first post you haven't read. Reading the topic through to the last post marks its reply notifications as read.

Press "Mute notifications for this topic" below the topic title to stop getting notified about replies and mentions in that topic. Press it again to get notifications again.

On the Notifications tab in account settings (also opened from the gear at the top right of the bell list), you can choose which types of notifications to receive: SYNC room invites, forum replies, mentions, M coin rewards, and so on. Types you turn off stop arriving, and notifications you already have stay.

In the iOS app, you can also get the same notifications as the bell (except M coin rewards) as push notifications, even when the app is closed. Press "Continue" at the top of the notification list or on the Notifications tab in account settings, then allow notifications when your iPhone asks. The per-type switches ("Notification types (whole account)") apply to both the bell and push notifications. To stop only push notifications, turn off "Receive on this device" under "Push notifications (this device)" on the same tab (the bell still gets them). It's a per-device setting, so your iPhone and iPad can differ. After you sign out, that device stops getting them.

In browsers on computers and Android (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari on Mac), you can also get the same notifications as the bell (except M coin rewards) as browser notifications, even when the tab is closed. Press "Turn on" in the message that appears once after you sign in, or turn on "Receive in this browser" under "Push notifications" on the Notifications tab in account settings, then allow notifications when your browser asks. If you close that message, it won't appear again in that browser. It's a per-browser setting, so your computer and phone can differ. When you turn it off or sign out, that browser stops getting them. Browsers on iPhone and iPad can't receive them, so use the iOS app there.

Edit or delete

You can edit or delete your own posts from the ⋯ at the top right of the post.

• Edit: change the body. For the first post of a topic, you can also change the title. The edited body is checked by AI again, and the post is marked "edited"
• Delete: deletes a reply. "This post was deleted" is shown in place of the body. Attached images are deleted too, and this can't be undone

To delete a whole topic, press "Delete topic" in the ⋯ menu below the title. The topic, including replies, will no longer be visible, and attached images are deleted too. This can't be undone. Only the person who started the topic and admins can delete it.

When a discussion is over, close the topic with "Close topic" in the same ⋯ menu. A closed topic shows "This topic is closed" and can't be replied to (reading, editing, reactions and choosing a solution still work). The list shows a "Closed" mark. "Reopen topic" allows replies again. Only the person who started the topic and admins can close or reopen it.

If you delete your account, your posts and uploaded images are deleted too.

Report a post

To flag a post that doesn't belong, choose "Report" from the post's ⋯ and pick a reason. You can report the same post only once.

A post reported by 3 different people who have been posting in the forum for a while is hidden automatically, before the admins review it. A hidden post shows a notice in place of its body. The admins may review it and show it again.

The author of the post is notified when it's hidden and when it's visible again.

Block someone

If you don't want to interact with someone, choose "Block this user" from the ⋯ menu on one of their posts. Confirm with "Block this user" and it takes effect right away.

• Their posts show "This post is from a user you blocked" instead of the text, and their reactions aren't counted
• Topics they start don't appear in the list or in search
• You won't get their replies, mentions, solution marks, or ensemble (SYNC) invites. Notifications that arrived before you blocked them are hidden too
• You won't appear in each other's mention suggestions or handle search

They aren't told that you blocked them. Your list of blocked users is on the Security tab of your account settings, where you can unblock them. You can also choose "Unblock" from the ⋯ menu on their post.