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Limits and availability
Check what visitors can do, where permissions apply, and the limits on nodes, tags and conversations.
You can read public places before signing in. Building, sharing and talking need an account, and some actions also depend on your access and the rules of the place you are in. A visible control does not guarantee that an action will be accepted.
For example, you can read a workshop's public node and pin it at home without becoming a member. Adding work to that workshop is a separate permission.
Visitors and members
| While signed out | With an account and the required access |
|---|---|
| Explore the Nexus. | Build your own Home and its nodes. |
| Read available public nodes and profiles. | Pin readable nodes onto a canvas you can add to. |
| Search public nodes and open public tag pages. | Share eligible work, join conversations and manage friends. |
| Use a content-report control on material you can read. | Browse the Freemarket and use its eligible purchase and selling controls. |
A visitor who tries to change the canvas sees Sign in to join in. Keep looking dismisses that prompt. Follow Getting started when you want to sign in.
If your account owes an age answer, it can remain read-only until you answer. Neither signing in nor receiving an invitation replaces the age requirement in the Terms.
Lists, Feed and Search
While signed in, use Listr across the canvas and creative workspaces to keep notes, links, saved nodes and other entries. Save node keeps a node bookmark; Save to Listr on chat and wall entries keeps their words. The Jukebox's Save to Listr keeps a track reference. These actions have their own confirmation and can still fail if the connection or the item's access changes.
Feed offers For you and Following. You can follow tags from public tag pages. Following people has its own availability; a Following is not available right now. message concerns that section, rather than all of Feed.
The canvas search dropdown finds public nodes. Press Enter with a query to open broader Search for Pixls, Nodes, Notes and Audio. Command+K or Ctrl+K, outside text fields, opens a compact search for nodes, Pixls and pin notes. These searches have different scopes; the broad Nodes tab does not include unshared work just because you signed in. See Search and go.
A node's rules still apply
Reading, chatting, adding your own work and changing someone else's work are separate abilities. A room can allow chat while requiring group membership to post nodes. A friend visit can allow reading without building. Being a node administrator is different from owning it.
Check the node's options, community permissions and the level on any visit. A pin, a copied link or a keyboard shortcut does not override those rules.
Only the owner can do that. identifies an ownership restriction. This room's rules don't allow that. identifies a room restriction. This group asks for a higher tier to post. identifies a participation requirement. Follow the stated restriction rather than repeatedly submitting the same change.
Writing and canvas limits
These are limits on what you make or send, rather than counts of how popular something is.
| Item | Limit |
|---|---|
| Node title | 120 characters. |
| Live nodes on one canvas | 2,500, including pins; a room can choose a lower capacity. |
| Stored hashtags on a node | 16 tags, each up to 48 letters, numbers or underscores. |
| Public search text | At least 2 characters, up to 100. |
| Chat line | 500 characters. |
| Wall post or comment | 2,000 characters. |
| Private group chat | 50 people, including its owner; its name allows 60 characters. |
| Awards displayed on your profile | Up to 5 earned awards. |
A limit belongs to its particular tool. A node's hashtags and a saved-list entry's tags use different controls. See Tags, Chat, Walls and Awards for the corresponding procedures.
Listr notes and snippets have their own title and text limits; see Notes and checklists. Search text uses the same two-character minimum and 100-character maximum in the public dropdown, broader Search and quick search.
Ordinary chat lines fade after 24 hours. Use Keep on an eligible node-room line when you want it to become a node; someone else's line requires their agreement. Copying text and keeping a line are different actions.
Devices and the connection
A computer shows the canvas beside the adaptive panel, with tabs for Listr, Chat, Wall, Media and Feed. On a phone, the signed-in app opens with full-screen Feed. Show canvas reveals the canvas; Show Feed returns to the full-screen panel, which can retain your chosen tab. Touch gestures also differ from mouse gestures: Nodes and the canvas lists both.
Some tools have a narrower device requirement. Freemarket browsing and buying have a phone layout, while starting a Pixl listing uses a drag on a computer. Creative editors have their own guides: Pixl and Glob Studio.
If an action says You're offline, so that wasn't saved., reconnect and check the accepted state before trying again. Work that remains visible is not proof that a refused change saved. See Troubleshooting.
Credits and unavailable controls
Making nodes is free. Public sharing shows its current price before confirmation, and AI actions and Freemarket purchases have their own credit requirements. Check Credits and the actual confirmation before continuing.
A control can also be unavailable because the feature cannot currently be used, your account lacks access, or the content has been withdrawn. Missing results do not prove that your account or work was deleted. Read the message, return to a known place, and use support if the problem remains.