Knowing what others can see helps you speak freely where it's safe and hold back where it matters. Here's the plain version.
What's public
- Your posts and comments on open conversations can be read by anyone, even people without an account.
- Your profile shows your display name, picture, and public activity. See your profile.
Your votes
How you vote is private. When someone opens the trust score details on a post or comment, they see totals, like 4 people you trust uptrusted this. They never see names. Vote notifications work the same way: 3 people uptrusted your post, not who.
A few places can still show who voted:
- When your votes help a comment become a bridge, the person who wrote it gets a note with your name.
- The weekly email can tell someone that a person they trust weighed in on a post.
- An answer to your ask to reply gets your uptrust when you spotlight it, or when the person you asked writes back, and your ask shows it was answered.
- Emoji reactions are not votes. They show who reacted.
What's private
- Your scores are yours. The trust scores you see are figured out just for you, based on who you trust. Nobody else sees your view of a score. See how trust works.
- Direct messages stay between you and the other person. See direct messages.
- Your Mirror scores, examples and tips are yours alone. The shape of your three rings shows on your profile to signed-in members, with no numbers, and you can turn that off. See Mirror.
- Private groups keep their posts inside the group. See join a group.
Tip
Totals can still give a hint. If someone trusts only one person and the details say 1 person you trust uptrusted this, they can guess who it was. Keep that in mind on posts with very few votes.