Some things on your profile are public to the world, some are public only to logged-in members, and some are visible only to you. This article maps each.
Always public (no logged-in required)
- Your profile page (URL, name, photo, title)
- Your bio (short and long)
- Your books and episodes
- Your social links
- Your verified badge (if granted)
- Your role badges (if assigned)
- Your appearance on the Connector Board (if you have invitees)
- Your appearance on the Leaders directory
Visible only to logged-in members
- Reader Leaderboard reviews you’ve submitted (visible to other members but not search-engine indexed in the same way)
- Some event replay pages
- Specific tier-gated content
Visible only to you (private)
- Your tier (Free / Starter / Pro / VIP)
- Your earnings — Pending, Eligible, Paid amounts
- Your invite link (technically anyone with the link can use it, but it’s not displayed publicly)
- Your billing details and payment method
- Your email and password
- Your activity history
Privacy controls you can adjust
Settings → Privacy includes toggles for:
- Show my location publicly — disabling hides city/region from your profile (country may still show)
- Show my birthday publicly — defaults to off; opt in if you’d like community recognition on your day
- Allow other members to message me — controls whether your contact form is enabled
- Include me in directory exports — affects whether your profile appears in scraped exports we provide to event organizers
You can't make your profile fully private
The Smile Channel is fundamentally a public platform — that’s the value. You can hide specific fields, but you can’t make your whole profile members-only or invisible. If you need a fully private presence, this isn’t the right tool. (We don’t take it personally.)