Hey, @practicalthought.
I use keychain, so I haven't used the posting key in Hive Engine to know what it's doing. I suspect it might need something other than posting key, but that is just a guess.
I've reblogged your post in the hopes that one of the actual humans who follow me will see it, and potentially have better answers.
I'd suggest going to the H-E discord channel and see if you can get someone to answer your question, too. I'm not a huge fan of discord, and I've had mixed results anytime I've tried to get technical questions answered, but it's an option.
Sorry, I couldn't be more helpful, but I did want someone to at least acknowledge this post, even if it was just me. :)
Hi @glenalbrethsen.
Thanks for the input. As you know from our previous talk over the years, I've never used the Discord, for many reasons.
Not enough time.
I don't trust it.
I always found it a bit weird having to go to another social media site to interact instead of using this social site, lol. Seems counterintuitive.
I wondered about it needing more than the posting key, although that's the key it says to input.
I've never used the keychain. In fact, I've never used any password tool like that, as in my ignorance I worry if my browser and/or the app holding the passwords is compromised it will compromise my passwords. I know many use them, but I am wary about letting any third party know or hold my passwords.
Thanks so much for reblogging. I'm hopeful someone will know the trick to logging in. I see people talk daily of doing so, but I think many (or all) of them are using the keychain. I'm wondering if manual login is disabled and they just haven't gotten around to deleting that option from their login page.
Can't agree with you more about Discord. It's a pain, and very seldom to I get any real answers there.
re: Keychain
I guess it's a matter of preference. I prefer it because I don't have to use my keys, and because I feel slightly safer doing it that way. Some people swear by it, others don't.
At any rate, you should be able to get into Hive-Engine regardless, or else they should specify.