How do mutual block controls and discreet visibility presets work together on JoinTheSwing?
On JoinTheSwing, discreet visibility presets limit what unapproved browsers see on your profile card, gated private albums keep recognizable photos behind revocable per-member approval, and a member block cuts visibility and messaging in both directions across supported platform surfaces without notifying the blocked account.
Practical discretion works best when proactive and reactive controls reinforce each other. Choosing a tighter visibility preset and using non-identifying primary photos keep casual browsers from recognizing you up front, while placing a member block if you ever spot a colleague, neighbor, or incompatible acquaintance removes both profiles from each other's supported discovery, travel, availability, and messaging paths in both directions.
Treat blocking and album gates with clear-eyed realism: a block is a software control across supported platform surfaces rather than a guarantee against off-platform contact, and blocking alone does not file a moderation report unless you submit one with target details. Likewise, revoking a private-album grant stops future viewing immediately, though software cannot prevent someone from photographing a screen while access was open.
Because every member completes our automated Veriff government-ID, biometric face-match, and liveness check, discreet profiles still carry real accountability without forcing public face photos. From the current Veriff check, JoinTheSwing never receives or stores your raw ID images, live selfie captures, or facial-geometry data — we retain the verification result, Veriff's session reference, a consent receipt, and non-biometric review metadata. Members who verified through our earlier, retired in-house pass may still have ID, selfie, or couple photos in our private verification_documents storage, deleted when the account is deleted, and nothing writes to that retired store today (see /legal/privacy).
Your visibility preset, private-album grants, and two-way blocks stay synchronized server-side across Web, iOS, and Android, while digital memberships are purchased natively in the mobile apps through Apple StoreKit 2 and Google Play Billing rather than a web checkout. Review /guides/safety-privacy, /guides/private-albums-letters, and /guides/support-boundary-receipts for full details.