Understanding Visibility Settings
Visibility controls who can see and access your recipes and collections on recipe.exchange. We’ve designed this feature to balance open sharing with the need for private content management.
Public Content
When you make a recipe public, you’re sharing it with the community through the AT Protocol network. Public recipes appear in search results and allow others to engage through likes and comments. This is the heart of recipe.exchange – creating an open community where we can learn from and inspire each other.
Public sharing is the default setting for original recipes, reflecting our commitment to open recipe sharing and community building.
Social Sharing Options
When you publish a public recipe, you have several ways to share it:
- Post directly to your personal Bluesky feed
- Share to our community @forum.recipe.exchange feed
- Keep the recipe public but skip social sharing if you prefer. Note: likes and comments will be disabled
You can always update these sharing preferences later through the recipe settings.
Private Content
Private recipes and collections are your personal digital cookbook. They’re stored securely on recipe.exchange and are visible only to you. This makes private storage perfect for family secrets, works in progress, or professional recipes you want to keep for reference.
When you save a recipe as private, it remains completely separate from the AT Protocol network. It won’t appear in search results or feeds, and no one else can access it.
Attribution and Copyright
We take attribution seriously at recipe.exchange. When you save a recipe from another source – whether it’s a cookbook, website, TV show, or restaurant – we automatically set its visibility to private. This helps protect intellectual property rights and ensures proper credit is given to original creators.
If you want to make an attributed recipe public, first consider whether you’ve made it your own. Have you modified the ingredients or technique? Added your own notes or variations? Make sure you’ve transformed the recipe while maintaining proper attribution to the original source.
Managing Visibility Settings
Changing a recipe’s visibility is straightforward. Open the recipe settings and look for the visibility toggle. You can switch between public and private at any time, giving you flexibility as your sharing needs change.
For collections, visibility settings work similarly. When you create a collection, choose whether it should be public or private based on how you plan to use it. You can always update this setting through the collection management page.
Looking to the Future
The AT Protocol is evolving, and so are we. We’re actively following developments in protocol-level privacy features and planning how to integrate them into recipe.exchange. Our goal is to provide you with even more nuanced sharing options while maintaining the simplicity you enjoy today.
Questions About Visibility?
If you have questions about visibility settings or need help managing your content, please check our help guides or contact us.