Where your pin goes
Who sees where your posts and events are, and how to keep your home private.
You choose the spot
Every Offer and Need has a place on the map. You choose it when you post:
- My location uses where your phone is right now.
- Drop a pin lets you tap any spot on the map.
Anyone who opens your community's map can see the pin at that spot, to within about 10 metres. That includes people who have not joined. The app does not blur it for you.
If you post from home and do not want people to know your address, use Drop a pin and put it somewhere nearby instead: a corner, a park, the shops. You can tell the other person the exact place in a message once you have agreed.
You cannot move the pin later. To change it, delete the post and post it again.
Events
When you create an event, place the pin first, then tap Approximate (~100 m). The pin then shows only roughly where it is. If you move the pin afterwards, tap it again.
Everyone can see the event's place name, so do not type your home address there. Put the exact address in Note for people who are going, which only the hosts and the people who tap Going can read.
What is never shown
- Your own position. The blue dot that shows where you are is only on your phone.
- Polls have no place on the map.
Related
- What the map showsThe pins on the Map, what their colours mean, and the buttons around them.
- Posting an Offer or a NeedPut up something you can do or give, or something you are looking for.
- EventsCreate an event, say you are going, and run it as the host.
- Your privacyWhat others can see about you, and the settings that control it.
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.