Who sees your post?
Neighborhood posts are always public. How the area and Nearby areas decide whose feed they reach, and the default for each type.
- In the app
- On zinola.in
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Posts on your neighborhood feed are always public. What you choose is the area: it decides whose Home your post shows up on first.
Look at where it's going
In the app, the + sheet is headed Post to your area, with your area's name and Public · seen by people here. On the website, the composer has a Who sees this box.Change the area if you need to
In the app, tap Change area on the + sheet. On the website, tap Change area in Who sees this, pick one, then tap Done.On the website, pick the reach
Choose your area (“Everyone in and around” it) or Nearby areas (your area and the areas around it).
The defaults
- Questions and requests go to nearby areas, so more people who can help see them.
- Posts, recommendations and events go to your area.
- No area chosen: everyone in the city can see it. The website says No area selected. Everyone in the city can see it.
Who can open it
Anyone on Zinola can open a public post, read the replies and see who wrote it. The area only decides whose feed it appears in first. Home shows posts from your own area first, then the rest of your city by distance. See How “nearby” works.
A few things stay behind sign-in: a phone number you add shows Log in to see the contact to anyone signed out.
Your post can reach further when people act on it:
None of these makes it visible to anyone who couldn't already open it.
Posting to a smaller group
For something only your building or club should see, post in that circle's chat instead. Circle messages stay inside the circle. See What is a circle?
Common questions
Can I make a post private on Zinola?
Who sees my post first?
Can people who don't follow me see my post?
Related articles
- How does “nearby” work on Zinola?Your area first, then places within about 5 km, then your city and state. Why Newest ignores distance, and posts from people you follow.
- Who can see what you share?What on Zinola is public, what stays inside a circle or chat, what only you see, and the settings that change it.
- Give a shout-outBoost a neighbor's post, story or listing to your followers with the megaphone. Where it is, who sees it and the limits.
- What is a circle?Circles are groups neighbors start for a building, street, school or club, with group chats, a Board of tools and a buy and sell room.