Privacy & Visibility Levels

Five Levels of Privacy

Every submission on Stanza has a privacy level that controls who can see it.

Public

Visible to everyone, including people without a Stanza account. Appears in the public Explore feed and is searchable. Choose this when you want your work to reach the widest audience.

Followers

Only visible to people who follow you. Your poem will appear in their Following feed tab. Good for sharing with your established audience.

Friends

Only visible to mutual followers — people where you follow each other. This is a more intimate audience of people you have a reciprocal connection with.

Groups

Restricted to a specific Inner Circle. When you choose this, you will select which circle. Only members of that circle can see your work. Perfect for workshop submissions and group-only content.

Private

Only visible to you. No one else can see it. Useful for personal journaling, works-in-progress you are not ready to share, or archiving old work.

Default Privacy

You can set a default privacy level for all new submissions in Settings > Defaults. This saves you from choosing each time.