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Accounts

Your account is how you sign in. Your identity is how you exist across DFOS — the permanent reference that your profile, content, and memberships attach to.

Signing in​

There are no passwords. You sign in with a one-time code sent to your email, or with Google. Your email is also how DFOS reaches you — you can change it in settings, verified by a code sent to the new address.

Your profile​

You control what represents you: display name, avatar, a short bio, and up to three links. Your @handle can be changed too — handles are yours as long as you hold them, and everything you've made follows you through a rename.

Who sees your profile, and the optional switch that publishes it to the wider network, is covered in Who can see what.

What's tied to you​

  • Your profile and settings
  • The spaces and groups you're a member of
  • The posts, messages, and media you create
  • Your wallet — purchases, balance, and payout details

Content you create stays attributed to your identity, including after you leave a space.

Privacy controls​

Two settings worth knowing about, both in your account settings:

  • Public profile — on by default; your profile is published to the DFOS protocol network, which gives you a page on the open web at dfos.com/u/yourhandle. Anyone can open it without a DFOS account: it shows your name, avatar, bio, links, and the public spaces you belong to, and it offers visitors a Follow button. Private-space memberships are never listed, and you can hide any individual space. Turn the setting off and the page stops resolving — your profile is then visible only inside the spaces you're in. See The protocol.
  • Direct messages — open by default; you can restrict new conversations to people you share a space with or follow. See Chat & messages.

One thing to know about your email: it is never on your public profile and never on the protocol network, but you can choose to share it. When another app offers a "Sign in with DFOS" button, reading your email is its own thing to ask for, separate from reading your name, handle, and avatar — and the consent screen shows you the actual address, spelled out, before you approve. Nothing is shared if you decline, and just signing in shares no email at all. See Signing in to another app.

If you own a domain, you can verify it against your identity from Settings → Verified domain, which proves you control it and nothing else. It does not host your profile at that domain. See Verified domains.

Leaving​

You can leave any space, or delete your account entirely, at any time. See Leaving for exactly what happens.