Sharing

Sharing in Memos has two layers: visibility, which decides who can reach a memo through the app, and share links, which create a standalone URL for a single memo.

Visibility levels

Every memo has one of three visibility levels, set from the editor before or after posting:

• PRIVATE: only you can read the memo
• PROTECTED: any signed-in user on the instance can read it
• PUBLIC: anyone with the link, including anonymous visitors, can read it

Public memos also appear in the instance-wide Explore feed and on your public profile, so they are discoverable beyond the direct URL.

Share links

Open a memo's detail page and use the Share section in the sidebar to create a public link for that single memo:

• Open share panel — create, list, and revoke share links. Each link can be set to expire never, after 1 day, 7 days, or 30 days.
• A share link resolves without sign-in, even for memos that are not PUBLIC, and signs attachment URLs so images and files load for anonymous viewers.
• Revoke a link at any time to immediately stop access.

Share-link management is available to the memo's owner (and admins), and only on top-level memos — not on comments.

Share as image

The same Share section offers Open image, which renders the memo as a self-contained image you can download and post anywhere — handy for chat apps or social media where a link would not render the content.

What viewers can and can't do

Anonymous viewers (via a PUBLIC memo or a share link) can read the content, attachments, and reactions, but cannot edit, react, comment, or manage shares. Those actions require signing in and, for editing, ownership.

Safe sharing habits

• choose visibility intentionally before posting, especially for operational or sensitive notes
• review attachments before publishing a memo openly or minting a share link
• prefer time-limited share links over PUBLIC when you only need to share temporarily
• disable public memos entirely (Admin → Instance Settings) if your instance is private