Your profile helps people recognise you and lets PopIn surface relevant events. None of it is required, but a couple of fields go a long way.
Open the profile editor
Tap your avatar in the top right
From any page in the app, the avatar lives in the top-right corner of the nav.
Choose Profile
On desktop it's a dropdown; on your phone the menu opens as a full-screen sheet, so tap Profile there.
Tap Edit profile
The Edit button sits next to your avatar on the profile page.
What's worth filling in
| Field | Why bother |
|---|---|
| Profile photo | A face beats a default avatar every time. JPG, PNG, or WebP up to 5MB. |
| Display name | Use the name your friends call you. Separate from your @username and you can change it whenever. |
| Bio | One line is plenty. Skip the jargon. |
| Location | Used for "events near you" suggestions. Never shared without you knowing. |
| Interests | Pick 3-5 tags. We use these to surface events you'd actually want to go to. |
Privacy settings for each field live in Settings → Privacy. Every field has Public / Friends only / Only me. Changes apply immediately and retroactively.
Privacy controls per field
Every profile field has its own visibility setting under Settings → Privacy. The defaults are sensible for most people (display name and username public; date of birth private), but adjust them to your comfort. See Privacy settings explained for the full breakdown.
What "Interests" actually does
Picking 3-5 interest tags helps PopIn surface events you'd actually want to go to, without sharing your interest list with anyone unless you choose to. We don't use interests for advertising profiling. The discovery feed quietly weights events that match your tags higher; that's it.
Changing your username
Your @username is changeable any time from your profile editor, and the change is immediate. Note that old links to your previous handle stop working once you switch. See Changing your username.
Profile photo size and crop
PopIn accepts JPG, PNG, or WebP up to 5 MB. The image is cropped to a square for the avatar and resized server-side to several sizes for fast loading on different devices. Face-centred photos read best at the small avatar size that appears on the feed and in comments.