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Privacy Settings Overview

Tavrn gives you real control over your privacy. These aren’t checkbox-theater settings that don’t do anything, they actually determine who sees what. Find them all at Settings → Privacy & Safety.

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The Full List of Privacy Controls

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👤 Profile Visibility

Controls who can view your profile details (bio, location, etc.).
Even on “Private,” your display name and avatar are visible in rooms you’re in, people can still identify you in shared spaces. What’s hidden is the details: bio, social links, pronouns, etc.

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👥 Friend List Visibility

Controls whether other people can see your friends list.

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🟢 Presence / Online Status Visibility

Controls who can see your online status dot (online, away, busy, offline).
“Nobody” makes you appear fully offline to everyone, including close friends. If you want to be invisible to strangers but visible to friends, use “Friends.”

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💬 Direct Messages

Controls who can send you DMs.

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🤝 Friend Requests

Controls who can send you friend requests.

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🔍 Search Visibility

Controls whether you show up in Tavrn’s user search.
Setting search visibility to “Nobody” means people who don’t already know you can’t find you. This is a strong privacy measure, but it also means people legitimately trying to reconnect with you won’t be able to find you through search.

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Notification Settings

The Notifications tab in Settings (separate from Privacy & Safety) has toggles for:
  • Push Notifications, Receive browser/device notifications when you’re not actively in the app
  • Email Summaries, A digest of missed activity sent to your email (daily or weekly)
Full notification settings guide →
Good for creators, community managers, or anyone who wants to be discoverable:
  • Profile Visibility: Everyone
  • Friend List Visibility: Friends Only
  • Presence: Everyone
  • DMs: Everyone
  • Friend Requests: Everyone
  • Search: Everyone

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Blocked Users

Your Blocked Users list lives in Privacy settings too. See everyone you’ve blocked and unblock them if needed. Learn about blocking →

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These Settings Don’t Affect Room Participation

Your privacy settings control your personal visibility, profile, status, DMs, friend requests. They don’t affect your presence in rooms you’ve joined. People in a shared room will still see your messages and that you’re a member, regardless of privacy settings. If you want to be invisible in a room, you’d need to leave it.