Glossary
Surf-specific words, defined once.
- Ask
- The assistant you summon by mentioning @ask under a post. Answers publicly, with citations.
- Circles
- Groupings of the people you actually interact with, built from real history rather than from your follow list.
- Close friends
- A single list used to limit the audience of a story.
- Content Vibes
- The seven sliders that shape the flavour of the feed rather than its popularity.
- Feed Balance
- The three sliders that shape the overall mix: what counts most, how recent, and popularity.
- Feed rules
- Standing instructions written in plain English, up to twelve at a time.
- Highlight
- A story kept on your profile after its 24 hours are up.
- Memory
- Search over what you have seen on Surf, not just what you posted.
- Pile-On Shield
- A warning when replies to your own post turn hostile.
- Safety number
- The 60-digit number that verifies an encrypted conversation has no one in the middle.
- Sender keys
- The scheme that encrypts a group message once and distributes the key over pairwise sessions.
- Short
- Vertical video, up to three minutes.
- Space
- A community with its own feed, rules and moderators.
- Story group
- A named custom audience for stories, beyond close friends.
- Studio
- The in-browser video editor.
- Super Chat
- A paid, highlighted and pinned message in a live stream.
- Surf Vision
- The settings screen where every AI feature is listed as its own toggle.
- Trial
- A Short shown only to people who do not follow you, until you promote it.