If you’re a Snapchatter who is 16+, you have the option to use your Public Profile. Here are some things to remember about your privacy if you choose to use your Public Profile:
- Your public options are, in fact, options! If you’re not interested in being a creator and showcasing content publicly, you can simply choose to not share content publicly through a public Story or Spotlight post.
- You no longer have the 'Everyone' option under 'View My Story' in your Story settings. Instead, you can post public Stories! You can think of your public My Story as the new My Story with 'Everyone' privacy settings.
- You can block a Snapchatter from viewing your Story and Public Profile or from sending you Snaps by pressing and holding on their username and tapping ‘Block.’
- If you’re 16 or 17, you can view and quote replies to your public Story from people who follow you but you cannot communicate with them unless you’re mutually accepted friends.
- Protections against unwanted contact: Replies are filtered before they reach the creator – and that filtering is even stricter for Snapchatters ages 16 and 17. Snapchatters even have the option to turn off replies all together, or to block various terms to help them keep interactions respectful and fun. These Story replies from those who follow them are kept completely separate from Snapchatters' private conversations in their Chat feed, and we have additional protections to help prevent content shared publicly from being a vector for unwanted friend requests from adults outside of a teens real friend network.