How do privacy and visibility settings work?

Three visibility levels

Every event is one of three things: Private (only you), Shareable — Trusted (people you invite), or Shareable — Public (anyone with a link). The default depends on the lane.

Health and pets events default to Private. Work, education, residence, travel, achievements, and sports default to Public. Custom lanes you create default to Private until you change them.

Changing an event's visibility

When you add or edit an event, the Visibility control shows two choices: Shareable and Private. Shareable makes the event available to people you share with.

For finer control, check "Trusted only" under Shareable. Trusted events appear for people you invite directly but are hidden from your general public link.

Sensitive events and AI narratives

Check "Mark as sensitive" on any event that involves health, mental health, grief, legal matters, or financial hardship. Choosing a sensitivity category automatically excludes the event from AI-generated stories and insights.

You can uncheck "Exclude from AI narratives" if you actually want a sensitive event included — the sensitivity flag and the AI exclusion are independent once you've set them.

Health events added through natural-language entry are automatically marked sensitive and excluded from AI. You can always override this on individual events.

Lane-level defaults explained

You never have to set visibility manually for every event. When you create a new event in a lane, it inherits the lane's default. Work events start public; health events start private.

For custom lanes you create, you can set the default at creation time. You can change a lane's default later in lane settings, but that only affects new events — existing events keep their current visibility.

Rules of Thumb

• Trust the lane defaults — most events only need overriding when they are an exception to the lane's typical audience.
• Use "Trusted only" for events you want visible to invited contacts but not a general public link.
• Mark an event sensitive the moment you add it if it involves a medical, financial, or personal crisis — it's easier than finding it later.

Common Mistakes

• Making every event Private "just to be safe" — this means your Story and shared views will be empty.
• Leaving health or financial events set to Public from before the lane defaults were added.
• Expecting "Mark as sensitive" alone to hide an event — you still need to set it Private if you don't want it shared.