Members' guide · Getting started

More than one community

Belong to several communities with one account, and switch between them.

One account, several communities

Your phone holds one account: one name, one key, one set of 12 words. You can use it to join more than one community. Each community keeps its own beans, trades and posts.

Joining another community

• You need an invite from a member of that community.
• Tap the invite icon (a person with a plus) at the top right of the screen to open Invites.
• Under Join Another Community, paste the invite link or code. If you only have a code, also fill in the community's address.
• Tap Join Community.

Switching

• Tap the bean at the top left. The BeanPool sheet opens, with Your communities near the top.
• Tap the one you want.

You can also switch in Settings, under System, then Advanced / Subsystem. Your communities are listed there. The one you are using is marked as active. Tap Switch to Town on another one to move to it.

Forgetting a community on this phone

• In Advanced / Subsystem, tap Forget on a community you are not using right now. This removes it and its saved data from this phone.
• In the BeanPool sheet, under Your communities, pressing and holding a community and tapping Remove only takes it off the list. Its data stays on the phone.

Neither deletes your account there, and your other communities are not affected.

Visiting as a guest

If you add a community without an invite, you are a guest there. A Join button shows at the top, next to the bean. A guest sees very little until they register with an invite.

Related

• Joining with an inviteHow to join a community with an invite, and how to invite someone else.
• Leaving or deleting your accountSign out of this phone, or delete your account for good, and what happens to your beans.
• Your 12 wordsThe 12 words are the key to your account. Why they matter, where to find them, and how to keep them safe.
• QuestionsShort answers to the questions members ask most.
• The top barThe bean, the small icons that show when something needs you, and the buttons at the top right.

The same guide is in the BeanPool app, and works there without a connection: open Settings, then "Help & how it works" under BeanPool. Guide version 6.