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Link overview

Link overview

Owned by Dorrit Riemenschneider-Denecke
Last updated: Jul 06, 2023 by Klaida Sulko
3 min read

We regret to inform you that we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Link Spotter. We appreciate your support and remain committed to providing innovative tools to meet your evolving needs. Thank you!

It is assumed that Link Spotter has already been added to the channel. Otherwise first follow the instructions under Add Link Spotter to a Team Channel.

Content of the link list

The link list displays all links that are contained in the current channel that the tab is part of.

Image 1: Link overview in the Link Spotter app (click to enlarge)

The link entries are sorted descending by creation date (that means the newest links are displayed at the top).

The following metadata are displayed per link entry:

  • Author (profile picture and display name) of the message which contains the link

  • Elapsed time since message creation date, e.g. 4 hours ago

  • The URL of the link, as well as a thumbnail image, the title and a description of the website, if the service behind the URL provides this data.

    • Title, description (only on desktop) and URL are truncated if the available space is not sufficient.

Additionally several actions are available via link, for further information see Use Link Actions.

Search for links and author

 

Image 2: Search box (click to enlarge)

Use the search box above the link list to perform a free text search for links:

  • Search is executed by keypress “Enter”

  • The link URLs and the author are searched for the search phrase (but not link titles or excerpts)

  • Reset the current search by clearing the search phrase (click the “x” icon)

 

 

Image 3: Search results example by URL content (click to enlarge)

 

 

Image 4: Search results example by author name (click to enlarge)

Help & feedback

In the top right corner above the link list part help and feedback options can be found.

 

 

Image 5: Link bar for help and feedback options (click to enlarge)

The "Help" link leads to this user documentation to provide a quick way to get information here. The "Feedback" link allows you to use a survey to let us know where we should improve our app with your feedback.