Member profiles
What a member's profile shows, following and unfollowing, starting a chat from a profile, and the admin options in a profile's menu.
Every member has a profile in the community: who they are, what they've posted, and how active they've been. It's where you get to know someone, follow them, or start a chat.
Select a member's name on a post or comment, or a member in search, to open their profile. To see your own, open the menu under your avatar and choose View profile.
Note
Profiles are for signed-in people. A visitor who isn't signed in is asked to sign in first.
Hovering over a member's name on a computer shows a short card with their followers, Follow and Message. On a phone, tapping the name opens the card first; Profile on it opens the full profile.
What a profile shows
| Part | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Cover | The banner at the top, if the member has added one. |
| Name, level and badges | The member's name, their current level, and the badges they hold. |
| Activity | Online now, or Last active with how long ago. |
| Followers / Following | How many members follow them, and how many they follow. |
| Profile card | Name, @handle, bio, Last active, Joined (month and year), Location and social links. On a phone it shows under the header. |
| Stats and achievements | Their posts, comments and other activity counts, their streak, and the Achievements they've earned — see Levels, points & leaderboards. Shown to members. |
| Posts | The member's posts, newest first. More load as you scroll. |
The bio, location and social links come from the member's profile settings.
Following a member
- Open the member's profile.
- Select Follow. The button switches to Unfollow.
You get a notification when someone you follow publishes a post, and a push notification when they post a story. Select Unfollow to stop.
To see who follows a member, select Followers on their profile; Following lists who they follow. Select a name to open that profile.
Starting a chat
Select Chat on a member's profile. The conversation opens in Messages.
Follow and Chat show on other members' profiles, for members of the community.
Editing your own profile
On your own profile you can change a few things in place:
- Photo — the button on your photo: Upload photo or Take a photo.
- Cover — Add cover (or Edit cover): Upload photo / Change cover, or Remove cover. Best at 1600 × 360 px.
- Name and Description — the pencil next to each. The description can be up to 255 characters.
Everything else — handle, location, social links, theme — is in Your account in a community.
Admin options on a profile
Admins, and roles with the Assign roles permission, see a … menu next to Chat on other members' profiles:
| Item | Who sees it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Assign a role / Change role | Admins and roles with Assign roles | Gives the member a role, or changes it — see Community roles & permissions. The current role shows next to it. |
| Ban all future purchases / Unban all future purchases | Admins | Stops the member from buying anything else in this community, after a confirmation, or lifts that — see Blocking someone from buying. |
Roles with View the member list also see a member's role as a label next to their name.
Things worth knowing
- A profile belongs to one community. If someone is a member of several communities, they have a separate profile in each.
- Following is one way. Following someone doesn't make them follow you back, and they aren't asked to approve it.
Related: Members & join requests