Every Mighty member has a member profile. Updating your profile is a great way to let the community get to know you!
Who has a member profile?
A member profile is automatically created for anyone who creates an account on The Mighty. If a member deletes their account, their profile is also deleted.
How do I find a member's profile?
Navigate to any member's profile by selecting their username or profile icon on their post, comment, or story. This will take you to their profile page.
How do I find my own profile?
While logged in, you can go to your own profile any time by selecting your profile icon in the top-right corner of your screen. On the mobile app, this will go directly to your profile. On web, this will open a drop-down menu; select "Profile" from the menu.
What is in my member profile?
These sections appear on your profile by default
By default, you will see the following on your profile:
Avatar image. We will provide you with a default image, but you can always change it as you would like.
Display Name. If you haven't changed it, this will just match your username.
Username. This is the name unique to you on the site, and it's part of your URL.
Mighty Member since… This is the month and year you joined The Mighty. This can be lets you see when different members have joined The Mighty. You can choose to make this private in your Preferences
Mighty streak. This shows the number of days in a row you have visited The Mighty — make sure to log in to count the visit towards your streak! The streak is only visible to you.
Any Groups you are a Group Leader for. This helps other community members discover your group. (You can choose to make this section private in your Preferences)
The main content section has three major tabs at the top:
Activity: What you have posted, including comments, posts, or published stories you have authored on The Mighty. You can choose to make this section private in your Preferences.
Mentions: Posts and comments where you are tagged by other members. This section is visible only to you, meaning that other members visiting your profile will never see your Mentions section.
Following section, which shows topics you follow, Mighty groups you are a member of, Mighty members you follow, and Mighty members that follow you. This section is visible only to you, meaning that other members visiting your profile will never see what your Following section. You also will not be able to see the Following section for other Mighty members.
When you are on someone else’s member profile and you are logged in, you can also choose to Follow them or Direct Message them.
Activity
Click Activity to see anything you have posted on The Mighty as well as your mentions.
Under the section “What I’ve Posted,” it will show up to 3 items you have posted (can be comments, Posts, and Stories you have published on The Mighty). If you have more than 3 items, there will be a See More button.
When you click See More, it will show a feed of what you have posted on The Mighty. To make it easier to find past things you have posted on The Mighty, you can choose to sort the content from Oldest to Newest. By default, it is sorted Newest to Oldest.
You can also filter what you have posted by the type of content it is and reduce the feed to just show Stories, Posts, Comments, or Videos.
If you have been tagged on any Posts or Comments on The Mighty, they will appear under your Mentions section. This section is always private — it is only visible to you and does not appear on your public profile. So when other Mighty members visit your profile, they cannot see your Mentions section. You also will not be able to see the Mentions section of other members’ profiles.
Following
The Following tab is only visible for your own profile. You can see what topics you follow, groups you are a member of, members you follow, and who follows you from this view. As a reminder, the topics you follow, groups you are a part of, and members you follow will determine what appears on your home feed.
Topics: You will see up to three rows of topic (hashtags) that you follow. If you have more topics, then there will be a See All button where you can view a list of topics that you follow. From the three dots overflow menu on a topic, you can choose to unfollow the topic. You can also click on the topic and go to the topic page, where there will also be an option to unfollow the hashtag.
Groups: You will see up to two rows of Groups that you are a member of. If you have more groups, then there will be a See All button where you can view a list of groups you are a member of. From the three dots overflow menu, you can choose to unfollow (leave) the group. You can also click on the group to leave the group from the group page.
Members I Follow: You will see up to four avatars for members that you follow. If there are more members you follow, then there will be a See All button where you can view a list of members you follow. You can click the “Following” button to Unfollow a member, or you can go to the member profile by clicking on the name or avatar and unfollow from that member’s profile page.
Who Follows Me: You can see members who follow your account on The Mighty here. If you click See All, you can see the members who follow you displayed as a list. From here, you can choose to Follow members back (if you’re not already following them), Report the member to Mighty moderation, or Block the member (meaning you will not see their content on your home feed and they will not be able to direct message you). Members cannot see who has blocked them on The Mighty.
If any of the sections are empty, you can click the Explore button to see some of our biggest topics, groups, and most active members that you can choose to follow.
More sections can be added into your profile
We encourage you to add more information to your profile to help other Mighty members get to know you better.
If you have not entered a bio or filled out any prompts, you will also see blocks asking you to Add Bio and Add Prompt Responses. Tapping either of these will also take you to the Edit Profile view.
How do I edit my member profile?
Access the Edit Profile page
Log into your account if you are not already.
Go to your profile page.
Select the overflow menu icon (three vertical dots). In a web browser, this is located next to your display name on the left; in the mobile app, this is located on the top-right of the screen. Selecting this icon will open a drop-down menu.
Select "Edit Profile" from the menu. In a web browser, this will take you to your Account Details page; in the mobile app, this will take you to the equivalent Edit Profile screen.
Make any desired changes. (More on these options below.)
Select "Save" at the top-right of the screen to save your changes.
If you return to your profile and you do not see the changes you made, refresh the page. You may need to refresh the page a few times to see the updates.
Profile editing options
When you open up Edit Profile, you can change your avatar image, Display Name, and username.
You can also add any of the following, which are completely optional:
Pronouns: Choose from the dropdown options or add in your own.
Social Media: If you would like Mighty members to find you on other platforms, you can add any of the following links:
Your Website
Your Instagram profile page
Your Facebook profile page
A Little About Me (bio): Members will often want to share a bit about their story and what they are looking to get on The Mighty here. Enter as little or as much as you would like.
Prompts: Prompts give you some additional ideas on what stories and hobbies to share on The Mighty. Answer as few or as many as you’d like!
To answer a prompt, click on the prompt you would like to answer. Enter your response and click Save.
Answered prompts will change color and show a checkmark in the corner.
You can always click on an answered prompt to edit your response or delete it. Make sure to save any changes to your response!
Adding Featured Content: Want to showcase something you’ve written on The Mighty? We now have a “What I’m Featuring” section on our newly refreshed member profiles. You can pin any post or story you’ve published on The Mighty to the Featured section on your profile (look for the option when you click on the three-dots menu of your post or story). Members will see this featured content when they first view your profile. It’s a great way to display what Mighty content you’re proud of!
You can only pin content that you have authored or created to your What I’m Featuring section
We encourage you to pin more evergreen content to this section, so at this time, only Posts, Stories and Videos can be pinned to the Featured section (not Polls)
You can pin something by clicking on the three dots overflow menu on your content and selecting Pin to What I’m Featuring. Tip: An easy way to do this is click on the Activity tab of your profile and click the See More button next to What I’ve Posted. Then you can filter by Posts or Stories and find what you would like to feature.
Once you have pinned something, you will see a confirmation pop up. You can either click the link on the confirmation or go to the About tab of your profile to see what your pinned content.
You can unpin something by clicking the three dots overflow menu and selecting Unpin from What I’m Featuring
Remember to select "Save" at the top-right of the screen to save your changes.
What can other Mighty members see on my profile?
Anyone can view a member profile, regardless if they have a Mighty account or are logged in, and you can customize what they see on your own profile. There are also sections of your profile that are only visible to you.
Privacy
The following parts of your profile are always private, meaning that they are not visible to other members of The Mighty:
Mighty streak
Date of birth (if you choose to enter it)
Gender (if you choose to enter it)
The responses to “What best describes you as it relates to a medical condition?”
Your Mentions section (under the Activity tab)
The Following tab (which includes topics followed, groups joined, members followed, and who follows you)
Additionally, you have the option to make other components of your profile private if you do not want other Mighty members to be able to see the information:
Your bio
Pronouns
Mighty member since… (month and year your Mighty account was created)
Groups I Lead section (under About)
What I’ve Posted section (under Activity)
Change what's visible on your profile
You can change the visibility of a profile component in one of two ways.
First method: On the Edit Profile screen by clicking the green eye so it is closed. An open eye means the section is visible, and a closed eye means it is hidden. Remember to save your changes be selecting "Save" in the top-right.
When a section is public (i.e. anyone can see it), it will look like this with an open eye icon, with the option to make it private:
When a section is private, it will look like this with a closed eye icon, with the option to make it public:
Second method: Alternatively, you can going to your Preferences and toggle any sections you want hidden under the Profile Visibility section.
Preview your public profile
You can preview what your profile looks like to anyone else who views your profile, such as to ensure anything you’ve made private is hidden.
To preview what your profile looks like to anyone else:
Go to your profile page while logged in.
Select the three-dot overflow menu icon next to your display name.
Select "Preview Public Profile" from the drop-down menu.
When you are done previewing your profile, you can select "Leave Preview" from the same menu. On the mobile app, you can tap the back button.
