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Something broken?

Tell us what happened. “It exploded” is useful emotionally, but screenshots and details help too. The things that actually speed this up:

  • what you were trying to do;
  • what the site did instead;
  • what page you were on;
  • whether it happens every time;
  • phone or computer, and which browser.

Account Help

Registration

New accounts need a display name, a username, an email address and a password. Usernames use letters, numbers, periods, underscores and hyphens, and are 3 to 30 characters. You must be at least 13 years old. Sign-ups are sometimes closed while the site is being worked on; if you are told registration is closed, that is deliberate and temporary.

Signing in

Repeated wrong passwords will temporarily slow down sign-in attempts. That is the site protecting your account, not a fault. Wait a few minutes and try again.

Passwords

Change your password in Settings, using your current one. Changing it signs out every other device still signed in to your account. There is no password reset by email yet, so do not lose it.

Email and account settings

Add or change your email in Settings. Addresses show as Not verified because there is no mail system yet to verify them with. Your email is never shown publicly. Older accounts created before email was required will see a reminder until they add one; it does not block anything.

Privacy

You can hide your profile view count from other members in Settings. What else is visible, and to whom, is described in Privacy & Data.

Blocked members

Blocking is mutual and quiet: the other person is not told, and you disappear from each other's messages, comments, friend lists and Discovery. Unblocking does not restore a friendship, a Top Friends spot, or a cancelled request — you would add each other again.

Closing your account

There is no delete-my-account button yet. Ask through this page and it will be done by hand.

Using CommonScene

Profiles

Your profile holds your picture, bio, interests, status and mood. Customization goes from picking a theme to writing your own CSS. Your CSS applies to your own profile and nowhere else on the site — decorate your room, not the building.

Posts and comments

Posts appear on your profile and in your friends' feeds. Comments are left on profiles, not on individual posts. You can delete anything you wrote, and deleting a post takes its reactions with it.

Friends

Friendship is mutual and starts with a request. Top Friends is the small arrangement on your profile, and you choose who goes in it.

Orbits

Orbits are group spaces with their own posts and members. Some are open, some need a request to join.

Music

Your profile can carry a playlist of up to ten songs by YouTube link, in the order you set. Playing them loads YouTube's player in your browser.

Constellation

Constellation draws the friendship map around you in rings, by how many steps away each person is. It only draws connections you are already allowed to see.

Reporting content

Every profile, post, comment and message has a report option. Pick a reason, add detail if it helps, and it goes to the moderators with a copy of what you reported. The person is not told who reported them.

Safety & Rules

  • Site Rules What is and isn't allowed, and what happens when a rule is broken.
  • Privacy & Data What the site stores and who can see it.
  • Terms of Service The agreement covering your use of CommonScene.