Staring at an empty box and asking what should I post? Press the button for an idea that suits a personal page or a small shop's, with a line on what to shoot or write.
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Pick the kind of post
After your first press, a list under the button narrows the draw. A photo, A short video and Words only sort ideas by what you make. Ask a question starts a conversation. Behind the scenes shows work in progress. For a shop or a club suits a page that is not about you.
Stay private while you post
No idea needs your address, your school or where you are right now, and none needs anyone else's face. If a picture shows a name, a number or a label, cover it before you post.
Tips
Stuck for weeks? The When nothing is new group holds ideas that need no news at all.
Ask before you post a picture that shows another person.
Questions and answers
What should I post when I have nothing to post?
Something small and true: three small things that went right this week, the tidied drawer, before and after, or a favorite from your own archive. When nothing is new holds more.
What should a small business post?
An answer to the question you get most, what is new this week, how one thing you sell is made, in three steps, or kind words from a customer or member. For a shop or a club holds these.
What can I post without showing my face?
Most of this list. Try the tools laid out before you start, a close-up people have to guess, fifteen seconds of a sound you love or a quote you like, in your own handwriting.
What can I post that people will answer?
Ask something easy: this or that, with two pictures, one word for your week, or a sentence for people to finish. Then reply to everyone who answers.
A close-up people have to guessShoot something ordinary from very near and give the answer tomorrow.
A draft with your crossings-outThe scribbles show the thinking; hide anything private.
A favorite from your own archivePost your best picture from a year ago and say what has changed since.
A mistake you made and keptThe wonky cake or the crooked shelf: show it and say what you learned.
A page from your sketchbookCover any names or numbers before you shoot.
A plant you have kept aliveShow the newest leaf and say how long you have had it.
A quote you like, in your own handwritingWrite it on paper, photograph the paper and credit who said it.
A shelf of your books, spines outAsk which one people would borrow first.
A thing that needs a nameA plant, a project or a pet: post the picture and take suggestions.
An object older than you areOne picture on a plain background, and a line on how you came to have it.
The before and after of something you fixedTwo pictures side by side, and one sentence on how long it took.
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A photo, continued
Lunch, shot from aboveIn daylight, at your own table; say what is in it.
The materials before they become anythingWood, yarn, flour or clay: show them raw and say what they will be.
The messy middle of a projectHalf built, half painted or half written: show it before it is ready.
The oldest thing in the shop or clubhouseShow it and tell its story in two lines.
One item and who it is for"For the person who loses every pen": one picture and one line.
One job in four photosThe start, the snag, the fix and the finish.
Shadows on a wallEarly or late in the day, when they are long; no caption needed.
The sky this eveningKeep buildings out of the frame; one word for the color is enough.
Something at home you stopped noticingA doorknob, a mug, a crack in a tile: look again and shoot it.
Something tiny beside a coinThe coin shows the size; say what the tiny thing is for.
Something you made with your hands this weekShow it finished, then a close-up of the part you are proudest of.
The table you work at, with nothing movedNo tidying first; name one object on it and say why it stays.
This month's favorite, picked by whoever is in chargeOne item, and one honest reason it was chosen.
This or that, with two picturesTwo mugs, two colors or two covers: let people vote.
Three objects in the same colorLine them up on a plain surface and let people guess the link.
The tidied drawer, before and afterOne picture before and one after; say what you found at the back.
Today's to-do list with one thing crossed offCross one off before you shoot, and hide anything private.
The tool you reach for every dayPut it on a table and say what you would do without it.
The tools laid out before you startSquare them up on the bench and shoot from above.
What is in your bag, emptied outLay it out in rows; leave out keys, cards and anything with your name on it.
What the club did at its last sessionShow the board, the table or the finished work, and leave faces out.
Your collection laid out in rowsCoins, stickers, pins or mugs: shoot from above and count them in the caption.
Your current book, open where you stoppedOne line on whether you would lend it to a friend.
Your first try next to your latestThe same subject, months apart; say what changed.
Your pet doing nothing at allThe less they are doing, the better; caption it with what they are thinking.
A short video 18
A drawing from blank page to finished, sped upKeep the camera over the paper and your hands in the frame.
A practice session, mistakes includedThirty seconds of an instrument or a craft, with the wrong notes left in.
A recipe in four clipsThe ingredients, the mixing, the cooking and the finished plate.
A sentence in the language you are studyingSay it, show it written down and ask to be corrected.
A slow pan across something you builtLeft to right, one take, with a line on what it is made from.
A small skill it took you a while to learnShow two tries that fail, then the one that works.
A time-lapse of one job from start to finishFix the phone in one spot and let the mess turn into order.
The dull step that makes it workSanding, proofing dough, washing brushes: show the part people skip.
Fifteen seconds of a sound you loveRain on a roof, a kettle, pages turning: point the camera at nothing much.
How you wrap what you makeHands, paper and tape, with any address label turned from the camera.
One tip you wish you had known soonerSay it in one breath, then show it once.
The same small thing, filmed every day for a weekA seedling, a puzzle or a scarf on needles, stitched into one clip.
The supplies for your next project, unpackedLay each thing down in turn and name it.
Sweeping up after the workThe mess is the proof; end on the clean bench.
Ten seconds of something satisfyingPaint being stirred or a drawer that shuts just right; no talking needed.
Twenty seconds round your workspaceSweep left to right with no faces and one thing explained.
Your pet's face when you call itSay the name once from behind the camera and film what happens.
Your usual morning drink, made in five stepsHands only, from the empty cup to the first sip.
Words only 26
A beginner's guide to one thing you sell or doFive lines a newcomer could follow today.
A book, film or album in five wordsFive words, no spoilers, and whether you would go back to it.
A harmless opinion people will argue withPineapple on pizza or the best season: only things nobody is hurt by.
A lesson from something that went wrongWhat happened in one line; what you do differently in the next.
A quiet thing you did todayWatered the plants, sorted a drawer: a small post is still a post.
A sentence for people to finish"The best snack is ___": start it and let people fill the gap.
A small win nobody sawYou fixed it, finished it or finally sent it: say so.
A thank-you for a milestoneThe first full year or a round number of orders: thank people and name no one.
A thank-you to someone who helped, with no nameSay what they did; they will know who they are.
A tiny story in three sentencesBeginning, twist, end; make the last one short.
A word you love and what it meansGive the meaning in your own words and use it in a sentence.
An answer to the question you get mostWrite the question the way people ask it, then answer in two lines.
An old skill you have not used in yearsSay what it is and whether you could still do it.
The first line of a book that hooked youQuote it, credit the author and stop there.
Five things you would recommend this monthA song, a snack, a book, a walk and one wild card.
How to join or how to orderThree numbered steps and nothing they do not need.
Kind words from a customer or memberAsk first, quote them exactly and leave the name off.
The next thing on your calendar you cannot wait forName it and say why; leave out the where and the when.
The real time one piece takesList the steps, with the time each one took you.
The song you have had on repeatThe title, the artist and the line that got stuck.
The story behind the nameWhy the shop or club is called what it is, in three sentences.
Three short lines about todayThe weather or your lunch will do; no rhyme needed.
Three small things that went right this weekNumber them; small is the point.
What you would tell yourself a year agoOne sentence of advice and one of thanks.
Where an idea came fromThe scrap, the photo or the sentence that started it, beside the result.
Your checklist before you call a thing finishedThree to five checks, in the order you do them.
Ask a question 12
A fact that surprised you this weekGive yours first, then ask for theirs.
A good thing that happened to you todayAsk for one line each; answer every reply.
A request for one recommendationName the kind: a podcast for walks, a soup for cold days.
The best advice for a beginner at your hobbySay what you wish someone had told you, then ask for more.
The first album you ever boughtTell yours, however embarrassing, and ask for theirs.
Morning person or night owlAny either-or works: tea or coffee, window or aisle.
One word for your weekGive yours first; one-word answers are easy to leave.
What is everyone readingStart with your own book and page number.
What should I make, read or watch nextGive three choices so it is easy to answer.
What should we stock or do nextOffer two or three real options and act on the answer.
What to post more of: a voteOffer three options: how-tos, behind the scenes or finished work.
Which of these two drafts is betterTwo versions of a logo, a line or a photo; ask which and why.
Behind the scenes 1
How one thing you sell is made, in three stepsOne photo a step, each with a five-word caption.
For a shop or a club 4
A countdown to an event, one picture a dayThe same style each day, with the number large.
Something you have run out of, and when it is backSay so plainly; people like to know.
What is new this weekOne item or one date, one picture and one line.
Your opening hours or next meeting, on a plain cardBig letters, one picture, nothing else on it.
How this list was compiled: Own list of things to post on a personal page or the page of a small shop or club, written 2026-10-01. No social network or app is named. No idea shows where the poster lives or is at that moment, a school, another person's face or personal details, and none is a stunt, a prank, a challenge or a trend. No line is shared with the site's topic, challenge, project or question lists (checked by script). The groups are our own. Licence: own work