FAQ about Fabric

No. As long as you leave it in the background others can see your post. We recommend that you turn notifications on so that you can see when others have posted nearby and when people have commented o

In Version 1, you will be able to post in all languages that use Latin characters—e.g., English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc. You will also be able to post emojis, photos and videos. Later v

No. Fabric will not sell your data. Period. Given our mission to strengthen the social fabric, we will study all data (always anonymized), to learn how activity on Fabric is contributing to personal

The name Fabric comes from the social fabric—the connection and trust essential for flourishing economies, strong communities, and personal well-being. Unlike other resources, social fabric is made by

We can't fully prevent it, of course, but we are building a positive community that is focused on creating a world where everyone belongs. We go into detail in our Community Guidelines . We invite y

You can post one thought at a time. You can select how long the post is up (initial options are 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, or 8 hours) or you can post and decide to remove your post. You are also ab

You can see posts that are within a half-mile from where you are. Posts can be viewed through walls and other physical barriers. If you create a post and want others to see it, just tell someone near

No, Fabric is built for iOS and Android.

Fabric was started to address three paradoxes in our time, but it was not committed to a specific solution at the beginning. 1. We are more interconnected than ever before, yet loneliness and hate spr

The Fabric experience is meant to be intimate but not invasive. You know how many people in the app are nearby but you do not have their precise geolocation data. There is no longitude or latitude i

Yes! You can post photos or videos that are taken with your phone's camera in the moment in the app. You cannot grab photos or videos from your photo gallery or upload files or share links. This reduc

Fabric is different from a social network because you are not following or "friending" other users. The purpose of the app is to give you the chance to see what's going on around you, in the context o