Activity feed

The activity feed is the chronological live timeline of everything happening at this event – new photos, comments, likes, people joining, new albums, completed tasks and unlocked achievements. Important: the feed is not just a display. Almost every row is clickable and jumps you straight to the right place – a photo, a profile, the filtered gallery, the albums or the tasks.

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The feed keeps you up to date live – and every row is a springboard.

Note

The host has to enable the activity feed (Settings → Features). It is off by default. If you don’t see an Activity tab, the feature isn’t enabled for this event – see Availability.

Where to open the activity feed

1. Open your event’s navigation bar.

   

   On a computer, Activity is a text link in the top bar.

2. Tap Activity. On a computer this is a text link in the top bar. On a phone it appears as a sparkles icon in the navigation instead.

   

   On a phone you reach Activity through the sparkles icon in the navigation.

3. The feed opens with the newest events at the top.

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   Newest events are at the top; you load older ones by scrolling.

Alternative via the home page: If the host allows it, the home page shows a Recent activity block near the top with a short preview of the latest events. Tap View all there to jump to the full feed.

Tip

If the Activity tab is missing entirely, the host hasn’t enabled the feature. The link isn’t shown at all in that case – ask the host to turn the feed on.

What shows up in the feed

The feed has exactly seven event types. Every row shows who did something, what happened and when. If no name is known, it shows “Someone”.

Event	How it reads in the feed	A click opens
Uploaded a photo	“{Name} uploaded a photo”	the photo in the slideshow
Uploaded several photos	“{Name} uploaded {N} photos”	the gallery, filtered to that person
Commented on a photo	“{Name} commented on a photo” (with the quote in italics)	the photo with the comment thread open
Liked a photo	“{Name} liked a photo by {owner}”	the photo
Several likes bundled	“{Name} and {N} others liked a photo by {owner}”	the photo
Joined	“{Name} joined”	that person’s profile
Created an album	“{Name} created the album ‘{album}’”	the albums
Completed a task	“{Name} completed the task ‘{task}’”	the tasks
Unlocked an achievement	“{Name} unlocked ‘{achievement}’”	that person’s profile

Photo events show a preview thumbnail (or several for groups). The other events have a coloured circle icon instead, easy to recognise at a glance:

• Joined – blue icon with a person-plus,
• Album – grey folder icon,
• Task – green check/checklist icon,
• Achievement – yellow trophy icon.

Note

There is no dedicated “milestone” entry such as “the hundredth photo” – those events don’t exist in the feed. If you’re looking for a leaderboard or awards, find them under Points & rewards.

Interacting from a row

The real value of the feed: you jump onward from here. There are several ways to trigger the same action.

1. Click the whole row (mouse/touch). Tap anywhere on a row. Depending on the event type, it opens the photo, the profile, the filtered gallery, the albums or the tasks (see the table above).

2. With the keyboard. Use the Tab key to focus a row and press Enter or the Space bar. That triggers the exact same action as a click – handy on a computer without a mouse.

3. Tap a single thumbnail in an upload group. When someone uploaded several photos, the row shows a strip of thumbnails and – for many photos – a +N tile. If you tap a single thumbnail directly, exactly that photo opens instead of the filtered gallery. Useful when only one specific image from the bundle interests you.

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   Clicking the whole upload row opens the gallery filtered to that person; clicking a single thumbnail opens just that photo.

4. Photo events open the slideshow over the feed. The image appears as a full-screen overlay right in the feed. When you close it, you land back in exactly the same spot – your scroll position isn’t lost.

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   Photo rows open the slideshow right over the feed – closing brings you back to the same spot.

5. Comment rows open the photo and comment thread together. Tapping a comment row opens the photo with the relevant comment area right above it, scrolled to the comment. You can reply or like there directly.

Tip

Just try it: photo rows open the image, “uploaded 5 photos” opens that person’s gallery, “joined” opens the profile, “created the album …” jumps to the albums.

Caution

While a photo is opening, the row briefly greys out and the cursor shows “wait”. That’s normal – wait a moment, don’t double-click.

More on the destinations in the matching guides:

• Viewing photos and using full screen: Slideshow
• Liking and commenting: Like & comment
• Albums: Albums
• Solving tasks: Photo tasks
• Profiles, leaderboards and achievements: Profile and Points & rewards

Understanding the timestamps

Below each event, a clock icon shows a timestamp. It adapts to how long ago the event happened:

• just now – a few moments ago,
• X minutes ago – within the last hour,
• 2 hr 15 min ago – within the same day,
• yesterday – the day before,
• 3 days ago – within the last week,
• after 7 days the feed shows the absolute date with time.

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Live updates, loading more and states

1. Real-time updates. New events appear automatically at the top of the feed – no reload needed. You don’t have to refresh anything manually. If the connection ever stalls, simply reload the page.

2. Load older events. As you scroll down, the feed automatically loads more events (in blocks). The home-page preview only shows the most recent entries; the full history is in the Activity tab. Very long feeds stay smooth because only the visible part is rendered.

3. Empty state. If it says “No activity yet” with a note that events appear once photos are uploaded and commented on, simply nothing has happened yet. On the home page, the preview isn’t shown at all when there are zero events – the page stays clean.

4. Loading error. If it says “Couldn’t load activity. Please try again.”, loading failed. Use the reload button or refresh the page.

Caution

Troubleshooting: A broken or deleted thumbnail simply hides itself. If you tap a photo that has since been deleted, nothing happens on purpose – that’s not a bug. If events you expect are missing, you may only see activity for content that’s visible to you (see Role differences).

Availability: the host enables the feed

The activity feed is off by default – the host has to enable it deliberately.

• If it’s off, the Activity tab shows “Activity feed is off” with a note that the feed is disabled for this event. Usually the tab is missing entirely in that case.
• As a guest you can’t enable the feed yourself – ask the host to do it.

For hosts and moderators: Open the profile menu at the top right and switch to the admin portal. There you’ll find the setting under Settings → Features, in the Interaction & Engagement section, in the Activity Feed card. The sub-toggle Show on Home Page additionally shows the preview on the home page and only takes effect when the feed itself is on.

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Hosts and moderators reach the admin portal via the profile menu at the top right.

Note

The activity feed can be enabled for free on any event – there’s no plan restriction like there is for the leaderboard. Details for hosts: Feature settings.

Role differences

• Guests see all events visible to them. What you see depends on the event’s visibility settings – you only see activity for content that’s been shared with you.
• Hosts and moderators see the same feed and additionally have access to the feature toggle to turn the feed and the home-page preview on or off.

Related topics

• Upload photos – fills the feed with new photos
• Like & comment
• Slideshow
• Albums
• Photo tasks
• Points & rewards
• Notifications
• For hosts: Feature settings