Featured Post And Replies

The thread

One post, and the replies that came after it

A practice manager described her first Monday on Sirius. What followed is more persuasive than anything we could write.

Soft blue gradient backdrop
Portrait of Tom Ashby

Tom Ashby

@tomashby

2h

Four clinics, one waiting list, and the first Monday in years where nobody rang round to fill a cancellation.

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Posted the Monday after Bramble Health's second site went live. We had nothing to do with it going up.

About this block

Featured Post And RepliesPRO

A social section that gives one post an image tile of its own, floating a live post card with its engagement counts, beside the replies it drew as linked hairline rows.

Social50: Featured Post And Replies

A social section that gives one post an image tile of its own, floating a live post card with its engagement counts, beside the replies it drew as linked hairline rows.

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Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

bash
npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/social50?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

bash
npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/social50?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/social50.tsx, the socialproof27 post piece it floats on the tile (installed to components/beste/piece/socialproof27.tsx), and the badge23 component it uses for the eyebrow.

Quick start

The installed file exports social50Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working thread in one line.

tsx
import { Social50, social50Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/social50";

export default function ThreadPage() {
  return <Social50 {...social50Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

tsx
import { Social50 } from "@/components/beste/block/social50";
import { Socialproof27 } from "@/components/beste/piece/socialproof27";

export default function ThreadPage() {
  return (
    <Social50
      badge={{ label: "The thread" }}
      heading="One post, and the replies that came after it"
      description="A practice manager described her first Monday. What followed is more persuasive than anything we could write."
      media={
        <Socialproof27
          avatar={{ src: "/people/tom.jpg", alt: "Portrait of Tom Ashby" }}
          name="Tom Ashby"
          handle="@tomashby"
          body="Four clinics, one waiting list, and the first Monday in years where nobody rang round."
          time="2h"
          replies="12"
          reposts="34"
          likes="218"
        />
      }
      image={{ src: "/backdrops/blue.jpg", alt: "Soft blue gradient backdrop" }}
      featuredNote="Posted the Monday after the second site went live."
      repliesTitle="What other practices said back"
      replies={[
        {
          name: "Elena Rourke",
          handle: "@elenarourke",
          avatar: { src: "/people/elena.jpg", alt: "Portrait of Elena Rourke" },
          body: "Same here. The waiting list backfill is the bit nobody demos.",
          href: "https://example.com/reply/1",
        },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

Props

PropTypeDefaultDescription
badge{ label: string }–Eyebrow above the hairline rule, rendered through Badge23
headingstring–Section heading in the left column of the header
descriptionstring–Supporting paragraph, right-aligned from md up
mediaReactNode–Live asset on the tile, socialproof27 in the demo
image{ src: string; alt: string }–Backdrop behind the media tile
featuredNotestring–Context line under the tile
repliesTitlestring–Heading above the reply list
repliesReply[][]Linked replies as hairline rows
classNamestring–Extra classes for the outer section
ts
type TileImage = {
  src: string;
  alt: string;
};

type Reply = {
  name: string;
  handle: string;
  avatar: { src: string; alt: string };
  body: string;
  href: string;
};

Behavior notes

  • The featured post lives entirely inside the socialproof27 piece, including its engagement counts, while replies are rendered by the block. That split is deliberate: the featured post is an artefact, the replies are a list.
  • featuredNote is where the provenance goes, saying when the post appeared and that it was unsolicited. That is the sentence that makes the section credible.
  • Replies carry a name and a handle in one line, with the handle in the muted weight, so the pair reads as one attribution rather than two fields.
  • Reply rows use min-w-0, so a long body wraps inside the row rather than pushing the avatar out of alignment.
  • Replies deliberately omit engagement counts. Only the featured post carries them, which keeps the visual weight where the argument is.
  • Rows are whole Link elements with a hover fill, each pointing at its own reply.
  • Rows carry border-t with no closing rule, so the list flows into the section's bottom padding.

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