How public community pages work
Some Fiytt communities are partly public on the web, so more people can find good answers. This page explains what is shown, to whom, and what you control.
What is public
- Only official Fiytt communities that the Fiytt team has switched to public. A community says so in its rules and on its home screen.
- Only discussions and replies posted after the community went public. Older posts stay members-only.
- Only posts that were published. Posts that are held for review, need changes, were removed or were deleted are never shown.
- The composer tells you with a "Public" line before you post.
What visitors see before they join
Someone without an account sees the question and the first 3 replies of a discussion, then a prompt to join Fiytt to read the rest. After they have opened 3 different discussions, any further discussion shows only its title, label, date and reply count.
Members read everything and take part as usual. Everything on a public page is plain text. There are no profile pictures and no usernames.
Your name
Your posts on public pages show your display name. The Fiytt team keeps its team badge, and starter accounts keep their starter badge.
You can hide your name: open Settings, find Communities and turn off "Show my name on public pages". Your posts then show "Fiytt member" instead. This applies to the public pages only, and takes effect for new page views.
Deleting a post
If you delete a discussion or a reply in the app, it disappears from the public page. A deleted or removed discussion no longer shows any of its text. If you edit a post, the page shows the new version.
Search engines keep copies for a while
Search engines such as Google and Bing can read public discussions and may show a short excerpt in their results. After you delete or change a post, a search engine can keep showing its old copy for days or weeks until it visits the page again. We cannot control how fast it does that. Think before you share anything you would not want found.
What is never public
- Coach communities, coach chats and direct messages.
- Your workouts, meals, body data, photos and any other fitness log.
- Who voted a reply as Helpful, reports, and your membership of a community.
- Your email address.