Privacy

• Make this goal featured
• Make the datapoints public
• Show hashtags from comments on the graph
• Make this goal private

Private information is only viewable by you and Beeminder workerbees. Beeminder will not share your goals or data without your consent! Workerbees will only view your goals when you contact us about them.

Public information can be viewed by anybody with the URL to your goal or gallery page.

The default setting for new goals is public, with private data. What this means is that anyone can view your graph, but they cannot see your specific datapoint values or comments. You can adjust your default so that new goals are always private by checking the Make private box in your account settings, in the new goal defaults section.

You can change these settings in the Privacy section of the Settings tab below the graph image. Once you've changed the settings, click "Update Privacy" to apply them, and they'll take effect immediately.

Make this goal featured

If you want a little extra motivation from the thought that people might be watching your progress on the goal... feature it! Featured goals are listed at beeminder.com/featured, and anyone can browse the gallery and click on the goals there to see more.

Make the datapoints public

Show hashtags from comments on the graph

This option allows you to include a small caption on the graph on the date of a given datapoint, by typing a hashtag in the datapoint comment. For example: "Reached 50% of my goal today #milestone".

Make this goal private

Making a goal private hides it from other users, except those with admin rights (Beeminder staff). If someone tries to visit this link, they will see a non-commital error page, the same one they would see when visiting a goal that does not exist. In other words, other users and visitors to your page are not able to tell the difference between a goal that does not exist and a private goal.

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