Adding tags & connecting on the Nearby map
Tags are short hashtags that describe the circles you belong to — like #alumni, #cricket or #temple. The Nearby map shows how many relatives near a spot share a tag with you, without revealing anyone by name until someone chooses to ping. You decide which tags make you findable and which let people ping you.
- Open the Relatives tab and switch to the Map view.
- Tap the tag icon to edit your tags. Type a word — FamiVox turns it into a hashtag like #alumni — and add as many as you like, then Save.
- Tap the groups icon to set visibility per tag. "Discoverable" lets others find you in that group; "Can be pinged" lets them send you a meet-up ping, and only turns on when Discoverable is on.
- On the map, a badge shows how many relatives near a spot share a tag with you — names stay hidden until a ping is sent.
- Tap a cluster to broadcast a visit ping to people there who are open to it; anyone who hasn't opted in is skipped automatically.
Tip: Keep "Can be pinged" on only for the tags where you're happy to be contacted — you stay discoverable without inviting pings on the rest.