Privacy & safety
Who sees what, blocking, well-being, and help for teens and parents.
Privacy & safety9 articles
- Follow requests and private accountsOn CrowOn, a follow arrives as a request. Once the other person accepts, you're following …
- Block, mute and restrictIf someone is bothering you, use the "…" on their profile or post. None of these notify th…
- Tune your recommendationsRecommendations on Home and Shorts are picked from what you watch, like, save and skip. Yo…
- Who can see your postsChoose who can see your posts across your account in Settings → Privacy & audience → Who c…
- Close friendsAdd people to Settings → Privacy & audience → Close friends to share posts and NOWs with j…
- Whether people can find youSet these in Settings → Privacy & audience: Let people find me by email: when on, people w…
- Online status and read receiptsShow online status: turn it off in Settings → Privacy & audience so others can't see when …
- Safety display settingsChange these in Settings → Safety, blocking & reporting: Warn about possible spam & scams …
- Hidden accountsPeople you chose "Not interested" or "Don't show" for, from a post's "…" menu, are listed …
Age, teens & parents6 articles
- Ask for an age checkCrowOn is for people 13 and older. If an under-13 birthday is entered during sign-up, that…
- Teens and parentsAccounts of people aged 13 to 17 get safety settings automatically. Notifications are paus…
- Age groups and teen defaultsYour age group comes from the birthday you gave at sign-up (Settings → Age settings & supe…
- Link guardian supervisionThe teen makes a code in Settings → Age settings & supervision → Guardian supervision. The…
- What a guardian can see and doA linked guardian can see: Who the teen follows and who follows them Time spent Who they t…
- "You can't sign up on this device"An under-13 birthday was entered on this device, so sign-up is stopped on that device and …
Comments, mentions & tags7 articles
- Who can commentChoose in Settings → Privacy & audience → Who can comment. Turn on Hide offensive comments…
- Who can @mention youChoose in Settings → Privacy & audience → Who can @mention you. @mentions from anyone else…
- Photo tags and approving themWho can tag you in photos: set it in Settings → Privacy & audience. Manually approve tags:…
- Hidden wordsAdd words to Settings → Privacy & audience → Hidden words and posts and comments containin…
- Temporarily limit interactionsIf comments or messages suddenly pile up, use Settings → Privacy & audience → Limit intera…
- Restrict (keep your distance quietly)When you restrict someone, their comments are visible only to them and their messages go t…
- Block or unblock someoneChoose Block from the "…" on their profile or post. They can no longer see your profile or…
Well-being4 articles
- Daily time reminderPick a time in Settings → Wellbeing → Daily time reminder and you'll be told when you reac…
- Break remindersTurn on Settings → Wellbeing → Break reminders to be nudged to take a break after continuo…
- GrayscaleSettings → Wellbeing → Grayscale removes color to help you scroll less. Choose At night (2…
- See your time spentSee how long you've spent on CrowOn in Settings → Your activity → Time spent.
Location2 articles
Recommendations & ads4 articles
- Turn off personalized recommendationsTurn off Settings → Content & recommendations → Personalized recommendations and posts are…
- Use device context for recommendationsWith Settings → Content & recommendations → Use device context for recommendations on, tim…
- Check or reset your interestsYour interests: see and change the interests used for recommendations in Settings → Conten…
- Personalized adsTurn off Settings → Posts & sharing → Personalized ads and you won't get ads based on your…
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