Social-media post
Original research draft · October 2026
Working pattern
[Display name] ([account]), [post description] ([date/time]), [post URL/identifier].
Capture from the source
Account; post ID; date/time; content; context; capture
Check before you use it
Preserve the individual post and distinguish account identity claims from verified authorship.
Common error: A cropped screenshot can omit replies, edits, or the preceding context.
Completed example
Service, account, post, affiliation claim, content, and dates are fictional. The .example address is illustrative; no real account identity or event is verified.
Harbor Archive Updates (@harbor_index_train), reply announcing the pilot register's Monday opening (Mar. 2, 2025, 14:20 UTC), TRAIN Social post TRAIN-POST-7501, https://training.example/posts/TRAIN-POST-7501.
Read the supplied source facts
Fictional packet TRAIN-W75 contains a preserved post on the invented TRAIN Social service. The display name is Harbor Archive Updates and the handle is @harbor_index_train. Post identifier TRAIN-POST-7501 bears a timestamp of March 2, 2025, 14:20 UTC. It replies to a question about a pilot office and says that its register will open Monday. A cropped screenshot omits the preceding question and account handle. The account claims an agency affiliation, but the packet supplies no independent verification of who controlled it. The assignment studies the public message itself.
Why this works
The account, individual post identifier, timestamp, and contextual description distinguish the message from a profile page or detached screenshot. Preserve the preceding question because it limits the announcement to a pilot office. Attribute the statement to the account unless separate evidence verifies the author's identity or agency authority. Display names can change and handles can be reused, so the preserved post and capture record are useful alongside the visible citation. The post may be an object of study or evidence of a communicated assertion; citing it does not establish that the announced opening occurred or that the account spoke officially.
When the facts change
If the post is edited, identify the captured version and record any displayed edit information. If a later reply corrects Monday to Tuesday, include that context where material. If a screenshot is the only surviving copy, describe its provenance and omissions rather than presenting the cropped image as a complete verified post history.
Apply the receiving court or publication’s requirements. These working forms do not establish citation permission, precedential weight, or support for a legal proposition.