Self Help

What is The Source Social?

Aloha Everyone,

The Source Social was built to drive connection and community, but not in the way other Social Networks achieve this. At the heart of this community is yoga, meditation, and well-being and as a result, we arrive to The Source Social as souls striving to understand ourselves. We are not here to show our polished selves so much as our real selves. We are here to be messy, beautiful, kind, stubborn, sad, happy, ourselves. We are here to be supported.

What we post is a manifestation of where we are – like a time capsule that we may look back on to understand the footprints we left in the sands of time. What we get is the chance to be seen as you are, unfiltered and untethered. Because chances are if you feel it, see it, live it, are it – then someone else can relate in their own way bringing us together through what we have in common versus making it a point to shed light on what makes us different.

Because that’s all that yoga is. The rare moment where we choose to look for the one thing that connects us versus sitting in the million things that divide us. This platform is that moment – and we cannot wait to see what you make of it.

Namaste,

Editing Your Profile

In this article you will learn how get your profile ready for Source Social engagement.

Profile Picture

The start of any good profile is a personal profile picture. Note that does not mean it has to be of your person, but something that is personal to you (eg. your pet, favorite yoga pose or quote). This is often what people begin to recognize you by as you post over time.

Name

We highly recommend using the name you go by as the name you engage with on The Source Social. That being said, a first name is enough if you do not wish to have your last name viewable to all people. Upon posting, the name in this field will be the name adjacent to your profile picture above your post.

Information

The rest of the information is either relevant to The Source Social desktop (like City, State), or Premium Membership (like your tag fields). These fields, with the exception of “City, State” on desktop, are not viewable to the public in any way.

Posting, Liking + Commenting

In this article you will learn how to engage on The Source Social.

Posting

Click on the post icon in the top right-hand corner of your home screen. Add a message, a photo, or both and click “Add Activity.” This will post directly to The Source Social Feed. If you ever need to delete your post, log on to your account through a web browser or mobile web browser to do so. This ensures your post is deleted on both The Source Social mobile and desktop versions.

Liking

To like a post on The Source Social, click the green thumbs up icon. This will then increase the number of likes by one and turn the background behind the like total source green. This is how you confirm that you have liked that post.

Commenting

To comment on a post, click the comment bubble next to the like icon. This will take you to the post’s specific page where you can view previous comments as well as leave you own.

Friending, Blocking + Messaging

In this article you will learn how to customize your Source Social experience to match your needs.

Friending

Go to a members profile that you would like to friend either by clicking on their profile photo on the Source Social feed or finding them in the friends list. Once you are on their profile page, click “Add Friend” in the top right-hand corner of the screen

Blocking

Just like friending, go to the members profile you wish to block, only, instead of adding them as a friend, click on the “view full profile” button.” Once the member’s profile loads, on the far right you will see the option to block them. If you need any assistance or accidentally blocked a members, contact us.

Messaging

Just like friending, go to the members profile you wish to message. Click on “Message” and then write your message.
Subject: The best practices, when it comes to subject is to write your name and the person or persons you are messaging. This is because in the app it will only show the profile photo and name of the person who last responded to the thread and that could be confusing if it is your own name. Putting all names of people in the chat directly into the subject helps keep your conversations organized at a glance.

Filtering, Friending + Notifications

In this article you will learn how to customize your Source Social experience to match your needs.

Filtering

Filtering is a way to only see what you want to. By default, you will see all posts from the source community. If you would only like to see your friends posts, click the filter button in the top left-hand corner of your social feed and select “Friends” and then hit “Okay.” Now you will only see the Source Social posts by your friends. To add friends, see next section.
Other Filters include: “Mentions” to see just the posts you are tagged in and “Me” to see just your own posts.

Friending

Go to a members profile that you would like to friend either by clicking on their profile photo on the Source Social feed or finding them in the friends list. Once you are on their profile page, click “Add Friend” in the top right-hand corner of the screen

Notifications

You can access your notifications from two places in the app. The first place if from the home page – if you have a notification, you will see a bell icon in the top right-hand corner of the app with a numerical badge representing the number of notifications you have. Te second place is on your profile page which you can access from the bottom menu.

Best Messaging Practices

When setting up a Private Messaging thread with another user, it is important to use your Subject line with intention. When you go to your private messages in our app you will see the name of the person who wrote in the thread last, even if that is you. This may get confusing as you’d have to click on each conversation to understand who you are having it with. Here is our suggestion for more ease of use.

Add a Relevant Subject Line

The easiest way to do this is make the subject the names of the people involved in the chat (including your name so the other person has the same benefit if you are starting the chat). What that will look like is something along the lines of, Jenn + Travis or Jenn, Travis + Support in a group example. Another way you can go about this (especially in group messages) is use the subject line as a unique way to name the chat. For example, “Source Sisters” or “Team Sculpt” or any other inside joke, special title, etc. that makes the chat easily and quickly identifiable once it lives in your inbox.

November Challenge

Message The Source Yoga + Wellness account by clicking on our profile picture on one of our posts on The Source Social timeline. Make the subject: your name + Support. If you do not have anything personal to say to us or ask us at the moment, fill out the message field with this: This is message thread with Support.