Using personas

Once you've created personas, you can switch between them to control how you appear across the app.

Quick-switching personas

The fastest way to switch personas is from the avatar dropdown in the top-right:

1. Click your profile avatar in the header.
2. Look for "Posting as [name]": hover or click to see your persona list.
3. Select the persona you want to use.
4. A checkmark appears next to the active persona.

When you're using a non-default persona, your avatar will show a colored ring so you always know you're posting under an alternate identity.

Switching in the receipt form

You can also switch personas directly in the receipt form:

1. When creating a receipt, find the persona selector below the editor.
2. Click to see your available personas.
3. Select the persona you want to post as.
4. Submit your receipt, it will be attributed to that persona.

Switching in comments

The comment section also lets you switch personas:

1. Click your avatar next to the comment input box.
2. Select the persona you want to comment as.
3. Type and submit your comment.

When to use different personas

• Casual commentary: use a fun, informal persona for entertainment-focused takes.
• Research and education: use an academic persona when posting fact-checks or citations to pin notes to specific moments.
• Professional: use a professional persona when annotating work-related content.
• Lower-stakes participation: use a persona when you want to contribute without being immediately recognized.

Notes

• Your active persona applies almost everywhere: switching it changes who you post as on the public feed and on any feed you haven't bound to a specific persona, until you switch back.
• Custom feeds can lock a persona: when you accept an invite to a custom feed, you pick the persona you join as, and the composer stays fixed to it in that feed. There's no switcher there, so you post consistently.
• Works across devices: your active persona syncs to all your logged-in devices.
• Existing content is unaffected: switching personas doesn't change previously posted receipts or comments.
• Feed permissions are account-based: your persona doesn't affect what feeds you can access. Permissions apply to your account regardless of which persona you're using.
• Unlinkable, not fully anonymous: no one reading your posts, including a feed owner who invited you, can tie a persona to your account or group your personas together. For safety and abuse handling, our moderators keep a private, internal-only way to resolve the account behind a persona.
• All personas are tied to your Google account: you don't need separate logins.

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