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Space: how to set up your profile
Profiles on SpaceHey are very different from most other social media sites. They can be customized using coding languages called HTML and CSS and they have spots for people to list your interests. There are no posts on your profile (other than links to your 3 most recent blog posts), so someone who may be interested in following you has to go off of your interests.
Setting up your profile for the first time!
Upload a profile picture by going to your page and hitting the "edit photo" button at the top. Most people will click onto your page from just your profile picture and name, so it's important to have one! If you're a minor, please don't use a picture of your own face.
Fill out the interest boxes with as many things that you enjoy as you can think of. People look for people who have the same interests, so if you have more interests listed it's more likely that a random person will also like at least one thing.
Add a layout to your page. You can find layouts by going to the "layouts" tab at the top of the webpage. These are little pieces that change the look (and often sound) of your page. To use these, copy the text in the box on the layouts page. Then, hit the "edit your profile" button on your page or the home page. Then, paste the code you copied earlier into the "About Me" box. You can write anything you want in the box underneath the code!
Think about adding your age to your profile. Lots of people on SpaceHey only want to interact with people around their age. It can be helpful to state if you're a minor or an adult to help keep everyone safe and comfortable. If you are very young, people could use your exact age to hurt you, and I'd recommend just saying you're a minor or talking with your parents to see what they think. You can put your age in the "You" section of "Edit your status" right at the top of the page so people see it first, in the "About Me" section, or in a DNI/BYF blog post.
This goes without saying, but please don't use this website if you're under the age of 13. There's only a few moderators here, and the response time after something bad has been posted might not be quick enough to keep you safe. Social media places like SpaceHey also have legal reasons not to let young people on their site. Keep yourself safe, keep SpaceHey safe. Find an online space that's designed to be safer for you.
Consider adding a DNI/BYF blog post. Many people probably don't need one, but if there's something that you think potential Friends should know or a type of interaction you'd like to avoid you can use one of these. There's no guarantees that people will read them or follow them, but you can block anyone who intentionally makes you uncomfortable. DNI: Do Not Interact, BYF: Before You Follow. To make one, go to the "Blog" page and click "Create A New Blog Entry". After you've posted it, you can go to the post you just made and hit "Pin to Profile" so that it's still visible on your profile after you post other blogs.
Advanced:
Find HTML/CSS tutorials to further customize your profile. The "Web, HTML, Tech" category of blogs on SpaceHey is very helpful, or Google "how to [do thing] SpaceHey"!
Or look up "how to [do thing] CSS"! There are also a few page templates floating around this place that are bits of code with comments that tell you how to change what part. This is how I made my page, and how I began to learn HTML and CSS. Here's the one I used.
Hey: interacting with other users
Friends
A Friend is a follower. All followers are mutual (all Friends follow each other). You can decline any friend request for any reason.
Friends can see your Bulletins and any Friends-Only blog posts you have.
It's very common to send a friend request to people you've never interacted with here. People can get a pretty good idea of your personality and interests from your page. If you see a page that looks cool, send them a friend request.
(Obviously, read their entire page and any DNI/BYF information they have. If they don't want to interact with you, respect their boundaries! It's nothing personal.)
It's very common to leave a comment on a new Friend's profile, especially people that you really like the vibe of. You can tell them what about them or their page made you request to be their Friend, compliment their layout, or tell them about shared interests!
Finding Friends
You can find potential Friends by going to the Browse page and clicking on any people that interest you. If a person is cool but not quite what you want in a Friend, try checking their Friends list to find more cool people with similar interests to them!
There is a section on the homepage called Cool New People. Every once in a while, there's an influx of new accounts with gory or NSFW profile pictures. These new accounts are also visible on the Browse page. There are ways to block Cool New People from showing up on the homepage at all, but every method I know to block it requires using Firefox as your browser. See this guide for a few different ways to do it. If you're using the mobile website, you can also use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate to your bulletins without having to scroll past Cool New People.
Posting
There are a few different types of posts on SpaceHey:
A Bulletin is the most common type of post from what I can tell. They can only be seen by your Friends, and they automatically delete after 10 days (or less, if you choose). These are usually used for posting about your day or interests in a shorter form.
A Blog post is permanent (until you delete it yourself). You can choose whether you want everyone to be able to see it or just Friends. These are usually longer and often meant for a more general audience. You can see someone's blog by going to their page, but you won't be notified if someone posts one. You can Subscribe to people's blogs, but the subscription tab is buried deep within the Blog tab. Blogs have a system called Kudos, which is sort of like a like or an upvote.
The blogs you first see when clicking on the Blogs tab are often call out posts, ragebait, etc. If there's nothing interesting in this main section, try navigating to a smaller category.
A Forum Post is used to ask and answer questions. They are used only rarely, and are usually interactions with strangers.
An Instant Message is like a Direct Message. People rarely use this, and people who want to chat quickly with each other usually do it off-site.
Blocking and reporting
You can block anyone at any time, including Friends and people you've never interacted with.
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ascel
TY for this post !! atticus directed me to it before i made an account and wanted to learn more about spacehey hfjdkf ! :]
Glad it was helpful, also EXPLODES! 💥 💥 💥 Welcome to SpaceHey!!
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Atticus Atlas
Superb outline of the site and its usage! I think I intuitively picked up on most these things but great to put in writing.
You can also use RSS to subscribe to users blogs posts, which might be easier than heading on over to Blogs > Subscriptions. I have a Feedly set up for RSS that I really need to make more use of lmao