Profiles & communities
How to manage auth communities, view user profiles, and use the hover card on avatars.
Communities
Communities are not a sidebar tab. You switch communities from the header / community picker at the top of the sidebar.
What is an auth community?
Each OAuth provider or wallet type (Google, Twitter, MetaMask, etc.) maps to an auth community — a shared namespace for messages, presence, and visibility rules.
Switch community
- Open the Canopi sidebar.
- Click the community name or logo in the header.
- Select a community from the list.
- Discuss, Visibility, and feeds scope to that community.
Join a community
- Sign in with a new provider (Google, wallet, etc.) from the auth flow.
- That provider’s auth community is joined automatically.
- Switch between communities you belong to via the picker.
Community stats (member count, activity) appear on the logo cloud embed for site owners.
User hover modal
The User Hover Modal is a profile card that appears when you hover an avatar in Discuss messages or the Visibility tab.
Step by step
- Hover a user’s avatar (dwell ~300ms).
- Card appears with:
- Display name and handle
- Headline / bio snippet
- Social links (if set)
- Mutual communities (communities you both belong to)
- Actions:
- Add Friend — send friend request
- Message — start DM / open room flow
- View profile — opens
app.canopi.live/u/<handle>
- Move pointer onto the card to keep it open while clicking links.
- On touch devices: long-press the avatar.
Where it appears
| Location | Trigger |
|---|---|
| Discuss message rows | Avatar hover |
| Visibility tab | Avatar hover in presence list |
| People tab | Profile cards (inline, not always hover modal) |
INFO
The small anchor affordance beside some avatars in Discuss opens anchor context — it does not open the user hover card.
People tab vs hover modal
| Feature | People tab | Hover modal |
|---|---|---|
| Browse directory | Yes | No |
| Add Friend | Yes | Yes |
| Follow / Block | Yes (⋯ menu) | Limited |
| Mutual communities | No | Yes |
| Quick Message | Via profile | Yes |
See Sidebar tabs § People for the full social directory.
Public profile
Every user with a handle has a public page:
https://app.canopi.live/u/<handle>Shows profile info and social links configured in Settings → Social links.
Settings that affect profiles & presence
Open Settings tab:
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
| Go invisible | Hide from Visibility tab for others |
| Visibility / trace | How long your presence history shows |
| Social links | Appear on hover modal and public profile |
| Aura & cursor | How your avatar appears to others on the page |
Related
- Sidebar tabs § Visibility — who is on the page
- Sidebar tabs § People — friends and follows
- Authentication — sign-in and auth communities
- Logo cloud — showcase communities on your site