Archive for the ‘Privacy’ Category

Block someone from sending you messages

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

When you join Volentia you’ll automatically be able to exchange messages with the Network Creator and Administrators. Anyone else must be added as your friend in order to exchange private messages with you.

If you’d like to prevent someone from sending you private messages and invitations, you can block messages from any member on the social network. To block a sender, go to your inbox and locate a message they’ve sent you. Open the message and click the “Block messages” link.

You can also block messages via a member’s profile page. Below the member’s profile photo, click the “Block Messages” link.

If you think you’re being spammed/harassed, please contact us. Spamming/harassment is clearly against our Terms of Service and we take it very seriously.

Please use the “Report An Issue” link at the bottom of Volentia to report spam, harassment, abuse or any other issue that you think we should be aware of.

Volentia is a self regulated community and Volentia members are the “eyes and ears” of the community. We appreciate all feedback!

Make your event private

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

As the event creator, you can make your event private or public. A private event means that only invited people can RSVP, but some information about the event will be visible to all members of your social network on the list of events by date, by type, and by location, as well as on “My Events” for members who have RSVP’d to the event.

Private events were implemented to give event creators a choice about who could RSVP, not as hidden or secret events. If you’re thinking of making an event, keep in mind that those not invited to a private event will still be able to see it.

Can other people see my albums?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Anyone who signs in to Volentia can see the albums you create. There are, however, a number of different privacy settings for the photos you upload to the social network. You can change the default setting for this by clicking on the “Settings” link in the box on the right column of the page to allow anyone, just your Volentia friends, or just you to see your photos. You can also override this setting as you upload each photo.

Who can see my photos?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

You can decide who is able to view your photos on Volentia. When you upload a photo, you can choose whether the photo is viewable to “Anyone,” “Just My Friends” or “Just Me.” If you want to change the privacy setting on a specific photo, sign in to Volentia and go to the photo detail page. Click the “Edit Photo” link underneath the photo:

Then select the new privacy setting you would like and click “Save Changes.”

By default, when you upload a photo, the privacy setting is set to viewable by “Anyone.” If you would like to change this default, click the “Settings” link in the upper right corner of the page:

Then click “Privacy” in the left column. The first question on this page sets your default privacy level for photos. Any photo you upload will have this as the default setting which you can choose to override on a case-by-case basis as you upload photos. Changing this setting will not change the privacy setting on any previously uploaded photos.

Control the privacy settings of your Volentia profile page

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

By default, anyone signed into Volentia can view your profile page and list of friends on the social network. However, you can change the privacy level if you’d like at any time. You can set your profile to be visible to everyone on the social network, or to just your Volentia friends.

To change the privacy of your profile page, click on the “Settings” link in the right column of the page and head to the Privacy page. Choose the level of privacy you’d like from the first question on this page.

By default, all photos, videos, and blog posts you add to the social network will still be visible to everyone. You can also choose the privacy level of the content you add to the social network from this page.

If you’ve changed the privacy of your profile page, visitors who don’t have access to your profile page will only be able to view your name, photo and basic information.

Network Creators and Administrators will still be able to view all member profile pages in full, regardless of privacy settings.

Control your email settings and messages

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Control your email settings and messages

Your Volentia Account comes with many types of notifications to allow you to receive emails about new activity on a Volentia Account. You can receive email notifications such as when you have new private messages, new friend requests, when the Network Creator or group creator sends a broadcast message, when your content is being featured or when a new member joins a Volentia group. You can follow any blog post or forum discussion or category, and by default you’ll follow those you participate in. You can choose whether you want to receive any, all, or none of these notifications from you “Email settings” page. You also have full control over who can send you a private message, and can block any member from doing so at any time. Read on for more information on controlling your email settings and messages.

* Private messages
* Volentia Account notifications
* Turn off all notifications

Private messages

When you create a Volentia Account, you’ll automatically be able to exchange messages with the Account Creator and Administrators. In order to exchange messages with any other member, you’ll need to first become friends with that member. When accepting friend requests, keep this in mind. You might not want to accept a person if you wouldn’t feel comfortable if they contacted you privately.

If you’d like to prevent someone from sending you personal messages, you can block messages from any member. To block a sender, go to your inbox and locate a message they’ve sent you. Open the message and click the “Block messages” link.

There are a number of different types of notifications you’ll receive by default. This includes messages sent to only you, to groups you belong to, to your events, to the whole Volentia Network, or messages people sent to all of their friends, and the notifications you receive when you have new friend requests, when people you’ve invited to join, and when you have new comments to approve.

You can turn off any or all email notifications coming from your Email Settings page.

To get to your Email Settings page, click on the “Settings” link in the right column of the page.

Next, click the “Email” tab. This page displays all of the different types of notifications you’ll receive.

In the “Volentia Account Messages” section, you can control the email notifications you receive when messages are sent on your Volentia Account.

In the “Requests & Invitations” section, you can control email notifications generated by friend requests, group or event invitations.

In the “Content & Members” section, you can choose whether or not you like to receive email messages when your content is approved or featured, when a member you’ve invited joined or when new members join.

In the “Moderation” section, if you have turned on moderation for comments on your comment wall or blog post, you can choose to receive email notifications when someone makes a comment.

In the “Activity” section, if you have added new items, you can choose whether or not you like to receive email messages when there is activity on them. You will automatically follow discussions or blog posts you add and those you reply to. You will also automatically follow a photo you’ve added, an event or a page you’ve created. You can choose to receive email notifications when there is activity on a group you’re a member of and when a new member joins that group. If you’re already following these items, you can stop following all at once by clicking the “Stop Following All” link.

Turn off all notifications

Finally, if you don’t want to receive any email notifications, you can check the box next to “I don’t want to receive emails from my Volentia Account at the bottom of the page. Keep in mind this means you will not know when you’ve been sent email notifications like personal messages until you sign in and you won’t also receive broadcast messages from the Network Creator and Admins. If you decide to receive notifications again, uncheck this box to bring back your previous email settings