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# POSTBOXES
You have, no doubt, seen social media posts sharing a screencap of some large text against a color background. These often become memes.
You have, no doubt, seen social media posts sharing a screencap of some large text against a color background. These often become memes.
![clever_quip.png](uploads/24bd444b6cefbcc7a37114b4be604183/clever_quip.png)
What you may not know is that many of them originated on Facebook and got shared as screencaps on other social media platforms because there was no way to share them directly. Facebook has a feature to add a custom background to a text-only post under 132 characters long. It is unclear if Meta actually has a name for this feature, but we need to call it something so here they will be referred to as "Postboxes." Because they are colorful boxes with a post inside.
What you may not know is that many of them originated on Facebook and got shared as screencaps on other social media platforms because there was no way to share them directly. Facebook has a feature to add a custom background to a text-only post under 132 characters long. It is unclear if Meta actually has a name for this feature, but we need to call it something so here they will be referred to as "Postboxes." Because they are colorful boxes with a post inside.
**Starting with Bookface version 1.6 now Friendica will have Postboxes too!** Styling similar to the Facebook solid color and gradient backgrounds have been added to the Bookface stylesheets.
**Starting with Bookface version 1.6 now Friendica will have Postboxes too!** Styling similar to the Facebook solid color and gradient backgrounds have been added to the Bookface stylesheets.
### How to Use Postboxes
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**_Note:_** _the exception would be if your server admin has implemented the optional "_[_Postbox_](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/postbox)_" or "_[_Zen Postbox_](https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/zen_postbox)_" add-ons for Friendica which enable Postbox styling regardless of the theme or scheme._
Obviously if your post gets shared to another platform like Mastodon, Sharkey, Diaspora, Hubzilla, etc., it also will not have the Postbox styling. Same goes for anyone viewing your post in a third-party app because none of them support Postbox styling, at least not yet.
Obviously if your post gets shared to another platform like Mastodon, Sharkey, Diaspora, Hubzilla, etc., it also will not have the Postbox styling. Same goes for anyone viewing your post in a third-party app because none of them support Postbox styling, at least not yet.
**Right now Postbox is exclusively available for people using the Friendica webapp, either desktop or mobile.**