Profiles
Profiles and privacy
Show the parts of you that matter, keep a few profiles under one account, and decide who can find you.
Your profiles
Share the parts of yourself that matter to you. You can keep several profiles under one account.
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Your profile
Add your name, a photo, a cover image, a bio and your pronouns.
- Introduce yourself in a bio with formatting.
- Pick which profile details other people see.
The profile form for Alex Morgan, with a photo, a cover image, pronouns and a bio. Shown with sample community content. -
Who sees your birthday
Show your full birthday, just the month and day, or keep it private.
- Your birthday has its own visibility setting.
- You can share the date and hide the year.
The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. -
Your location
Add a location and decide whether it shows on your profile.
- Search for a place, or let Welley detect your location.
- You can save a location and still keep it private.
The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. -
Your local time
Set your time zone and decide whether to show it.
- With a valid time zone, your profile shows your local time.
- Your time zone has its own visibility setting.
The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. -
Spotlights for links and details
Give your links and other details their own spot on your profile.
- Add, edit and reorder spotlight items.
- Add labels and links that point people to your work or your other profiles.
The profile form with two spotlights and the tip about verifying links. Shown with sample community content. -
Verified website links
Prove that a website links back to your Welley profile.
- Add the website as a spotlight link.
- On the website, add a link to your Welley profile with the rel="me" attribute.
- A verified link shows the date it was verified.
Verification needs a public link back to your profile. It won't work on sites that remove or change that link.
The dialog for verifying a link, with the backlink and HTML methods. This uses sample community content. -
Several profiles on one account
Switch between your profiles from the user menu.
- Use different profiles for different parts of your life.
- When you switch, the new profile becomes your active one before it opens.
Our public release announcement describes having several profiles on one account. It shows the explanation only, without an account switcher.
Your privacy
You decide who can find you, who can follow you and what they see on your profile. Welley doesn't track or monitor you, and it shows no ads.
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Public posts in search results
Decide whether other servers may include your public posts in their search results.
- This setting is the search permission for your public posts.
- People who've interacted with a post may still be able to find it in search.
This is a request to other servers. It doesn't make a public post private or delete copies of it.
Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. -
Profile and posts in discovery
Decide whether your public profile and posts may show up in discovery areas.
- This covers profile suggestions and recommended public posts.
- You set it separately from search visibility.
Privacy settings for search, discovery, and who can see your connections and groups. The community content here is made up. -
Profile page in search results
Decide whether search engines may index your profile page.
- This is separate from the setting for your public posts in search.
- It applies to search engines like Google and Bing.
Search engines decide when to refresh or remove results they've already stored.
Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. -
Show follows and followers
Show or hide who you follow and who follows you.
- Channels have the same setting for subscriptions and subscribers.
- Someone you follow can still see that you follow them.
Choose who sees when you're online or typing, who sees when you were last seen, and whether you approve new followers. We removed account details and the navigation. -
Show groups on profile
Show or hide your list of groups on your profile.
- Your groups have their own visibility setting.
- People still see the groups you both belong to.
Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. -
Approve new followers
Accept new followers automatically, or review new follow requests yourself.
- With automatic acceptance on, people can follow you without your approval.
- Turn it off if you want to decide who follows you.
Privacy settings for presence, last seen and approving followers. Shown with sample community content. -
Who sees you online
Let everyone, your followers or nobody see when you're online and typing.
- Your status only shows to people you have a direct conversation with.
- If you block someone, they can't see your status.
The presence menu offers Everyone, Followers and Nobody. This uses sample community content. -
Show when you were last seen
Decide whether people can see when you were last online.
- This works together with your choice of who sees you online.
- It's disabled when nobody can see you online.
- People who can see you online can still notice when you go offline.
Choose who sees when you're online or typing, who sees when you were last seen, and whether you approve new followers. We removed account details and the navigation.