Manage your Fangout profile#

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Select your profile picture and select Profile to manage your Fangout profile, including your name, username, email, and profile picture.

Profile setting

Description

Full, first, and last name

Your name appears in the direct messages member list and team management modal. By default, you’ll receive mention notifications when someone types your first name in a message.

Username

Usernames are unique identifiers appearing next to all posts. Usernames must begin with a letter, and contain between 3 to 22 lowercase characters made up of numbers, letters, and the symbols ‘.’, ‘-’, and ‘_’.

Pick something easy for teammates to recognize and recall. By default, you will receive mention notifications when someone types your username.

Note

  • To maintain message integrity, changing your username doesn’t update @mentions in posted messages.

Email

Email is used for signing in, notifications, and password reset.

Profile picture

Profile pictures appear next to all posts, and you can select your profile picture to access your profile settings. To change your profile picture:

Using the web or the desktop app

  1. Select Edit next to the Profile Picture option.

  2. Choose Select, pick the profile image you want to use, and select Save.

Tip

For best results, choose an image that’s at least 128 x 128 pixels in size. Supported image formats include: BMP, JPG, JPEG, and PNG. GIF isn’t supported.