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Posts can be featured (surfaced in the featured carousel) or scheduled (published at a future time). Both are configured in the post studio (#1123, #1963).

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Featuring a post

Toggle Featured on in the studio’s Basic Information step (#1930), or from the star icon on the posts list. Featured posts are pulled into a member-facing featured posts carousel, a swipeable row of posts shown alongside the feed. It’s posts only, not a mixed row of challenges and rewards.
You can feature as many posts as you like. Featuring a post does not unfeature the others. featured is an independent flag per post. The carousel fetches up to 5 featured posts, so a sixth featured post won’t appear until one ahead of it drops out.
Rotate featured posts. Because nothing auto-unfeatures, old featured posts stay featured forever until you turn them off. Audit the featured set periodically or the carousel fills with stale content and new posts never surface.

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Scheduling

Post studio Scheduling step

Scheduling: Schedule Post toggle with start and optional end date/time.

In the studio’s Scheduling step, turn on Schedule Post:
  • Start Date & Time: when the post goes live. A future start date puts the post in Scheduled; at the start time it flips to Live.
  • End Date & Time (optional): when the post comes down. Leave it empty and a live post runs live indefinitely.
The end-date calendar greys out every day before your chosen start date. That guard works by day, not by time, so a same-day end time that’s earlier than the start time can still be typed in. Saving catches it with a “start date must be before end date” error.
A Live post can’t have a future start date. Set a future date and you’ll be asked to use Scheduled instead. This prevents accidental early publishes.

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Post statuses

The posts list shows counts for Total Posts, Published, Draft, and Scheduled, and lets you filter by status. A Scheduled post is flipped to Live by a background job at its start time, so you don’t need to keep the tab open or publish it by hand.

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Pairing featured posts with content

Featured posts are most effective when paired with actionable content:
  • Featured post announces a new challenge -> challenge links from the post.
  • Featured post introduces a new reward -> member sees and taps to check out the reward.
  • Featured post for a time-limited event -> urgency + one-click CTA.

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Best practices

Use an end date for time-limited announcements (an event, a sale). The post expires on its own instead of needing a manual cleanup pass.
Use scheduled posts to time content with timezones. 8am local time in your biggest region is usually the engagement sweet spot.
See Creating Posts for the full studio flow.