Accounts & profiles

Signing up

You can create an account via:

• Email + password — uses a verification email to activate.
• Google — single click; the Google email becomes your contact email.
• Apple — same flow as Google with Apple's private relay supported.

All three flows are handled at https://id.zeeker.com and return you to wherever you started (zeeker.com, the admin center, or a third-party site running the embed widget).

Zeeker warms the secure connection to Zeeker ID while the Social app loads. When you open sign-in, the sign-in panel shows a Zeeker ID loader until the embedded authentication surface reports that it is interactive. Versioned ID assets are cached by the browser; credentials and authenticated responses are not stored in the Social app's content cache.

Password recovery

Choose Forgot Password? from email or phone password sign-in. Zeeker sends a six-digit reset code to that account identifier, verifies the code, and then lets you choose a new password. Returning to the identifier step or using Backspace clears entered code digits so a different code can be entered safely. A reset code expires after five minutes and is consumed when the password changes.

Usernames

• Each account picks a unique username at signup (@yourname).
• Usernames are case-insensitive but display preserves casing.
• Usernames can be changed once every 30 days from Settings → Account.
• A reserved-words list prevents impersonation of system accounts (zeeker, admin, support, etc.).

Display profile

Your profile page (zeeker.com/u/<username>) contains:

• Avatar + cover image
• Display name + bio (280 chars)
• Pronouns (optional, free-form)
• Location (optional)
• Personal links (up to 4 URLs)
• Joined date
• Tabs: Posts · Replies · Media · Likes · Communities · Saves (saves visible only to you)

Avatars and covers are uploaded to S3 and served via CloudFront. They're automatically square-cropped (avatar) or aspect-fit (cover).

Settings

Setting	What it controls
Account	Username, email, password, connected providers
Profile	Display name, bio, pronouns, location, links
Privacy	Whether your profile is discoverable in search, whether DMs are open to anyone
Notifications	Email and in-app channels (see Notifications)
Blocked & muted	Manage blocked users and muted keywords
Sessions	View and revoke active devices
Danger zone	Deactivate or permanently delete

Following

• Tap Follow on a profile, a Who to Follow suggestion, or its profile preview to receive that person's posts in your home feed.
• For public accounts, Zeeker shows Following only after the follow is confirmed and keeps the suggestion, preview, and destination profile in sync.
• Private accounts require approval. Their button shows Requested until the account owner approves or you cancel the request.
• When someone has requested to follow you, their profile shows Requested to follow you with Approve and Decline actions. Your own Follow button remains separate because following is one-way.
• Following is one-way; private-account approval does not make the other person follow you back.
• The follow count is private to follower / followee — others see only totals.
• Followers, following, follow requests, reactions, posts, and replies load in bounded server-ordered pages; additional results follow an opaque continuation instead of replaying or sorting the complete account history.

Blocking & muting

• Block: hides their account from you and yours from them; removes both follow directions and pending follow requests, and prevents either account from recreating those relationships while the block remains active.
• Mute user: keeps you both connected but removes their posts from your feeds.
• Mute keyword: hide posts whose text matches a substring; useful for spoilers and topics you're avoiding.

Deactivation vs deletion

• Deactivate hides your profile, posts and reactions; reversible by signing in within 30 days.
• Delete is permanent after a 7-day grace period during which you can still sign in to undo. Deletion redacts your content ([deleted] placeholders) but does not remove descendant replies from other people.

Data export

Request a JSON archive of your posts, replies, reactions, saves and DMs from Settings → Account → Export your data. Delivered to your email as a signed download link, valid for 24 hours.

Profile reads use an account-safe request window and a successful profile edit is reflected immediately on the profile page. Account writes such as profile edits, blocks, and password changes are submitted once and are not replayed automatically after a timeout.