Create and complete a profile
Verify your email, accept the current policies and complete the required adult account and profile details, including a required private contact phone number. Choose Complete and publish profile to appear to signed-in members without routine staff preapproval. A profile created with help from family or a friend also requires the represented adult’s own permission and information.
Choose your photo and visibility
Adding a profile photo is optional. You can upload and frame a photo, replace it, or continue with a placeholder. Images are optimized for display. Complete and publish profile controls member visibility. Public preview is a separate choice; replacing a primary photo clears earlier public-preview permission.
Browse and send a request
Visitors can see up to five available public-preview cards shared by members who have opted in. Sign-in is required to explore member profiles and use member features. Eligible members can browse without a profile-visit quota and send up to five new connection requests in any rolling 24-hour period.
Connect on your own terms
The recipient can decline, block or accept a request. Acceptance can separately allow messaging, contact address, phone and email sharing. An accepted request does not automatically grant every permission. Permissions can change, and a block or suspension removes access.