Settings of Note
Oh, excuse me, have I seen you around here before? Pardon my maners, I'm Dr. Watson. I help out with things around here. It's delightful to see another new face here on Baker Street. A face that doesn't need to be diagnosed rather. Anyway, don't let me ramble on. Below you'll find settings that you very likely want to adjust as well as other settings to explore.
— Dr. John H. Watson
Assuming you're signed up and logged in, ensure the following settings:
Click the links to take you to the respective settings pages.
- Posting visibility: Followers onlyThis acts as your default post visibility. You can change this on a per-post basis, but it's a good idea to keep this set to "Followers only" so that your posts are more private until you choose to make them public.
- Automatically accept new followers: uncheckedDisabling this setting will allow you to approve or deny new followers. This is a good idea if you want to keep your posts visible to people you know and trust.
- Feature me in discovery experiences: uncheckedEnabling this setting will allow your profile to be featured in discovery experiences. This is a good idea if you want to be found by people who are searching for you. If you want to keep your profile private, leave this setting unchecked.
Other settings to explore:
- Include profile page in search engines: uncheckedEnabling this setting will allow your profile to be indexed by search engines. This is a good idea if you want to be found by people who are searching for you. If you want to keep your profile private, leave this setting unchecked.
- Control boosting visibility: When enabled, boosting will first open a confirmation dialog in which you can change the visibility of your boost.