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Community

The community is the side of HabitForge for people who track better together. You can use HabitForge entirely on your own, and nothing makes you post. Being seen, though, is on by default: a new profile is public and appears on the leaderboard until you change it. Both controls are in Settings and are described below.

What is inside​

  • Board — post updates, like and comment, and delete your own posts. The app calls this the board.
  • Challenges — create or join a shared goal over a set window. Every participant's check-ins are scored against the target, standings update as people check in, and when the window closes the challenge names a winner. If several people tie, they all win — no tie-breaker invents a difference the challenge never measured.
  • Friends — send and accept friend requests to build your circle.
  • Leaderboard — see where you stand by points, with your level badge. Opting out hides you from everyone else's board, and you can still see your own rank.

Challenges bound to a habit​

Some challenges are tied to a habit rather than to check-ins in general. When you join one of those you pick which of your own habits it scores — so the same challenge can measure a run for one person and a page of reading for another. If you later delete the habit you picked, your score freezes where it was rather than quietly reopening.

Staying safe​

Community features include moderation you control:

  • Report any post or comment you think breaks the rules.
  • Block a user to remove them from your board, comments, search, leaderboard, requests, and notifications. Blocking also ends any friendship.

You choose your profile visibility and can take yourself off the leaderboard in Settings. Both start switched on, so this is a choice you make rather than one you are asked for: a new profile is public and ranked until you change it.

Tips​

  • Join one challenge, not ten. A single shared goal is easier to sustain.
  • Set your visibility first. Decide what you want public before you post.
  • Use block freely. It is a personal filter — the other person is not notified.

Where to next​