People & Lovd Ones
People in Lovd
There are two kinds of people in Lovd:
- People with an account. They log in, see the collections they're invited to, and add their own photos.
- Lovd Ones. People without an account, whom you add so you can tag them: grandparents, babies, relatives who've passed, friends who haven't joined yet, even pets.
This page covers adding people, tagging them and finding their photos. For family-tree links, see Connections. For birthdays, birthplaces and dates passed, see Life events.
What are Lovd Ones?
A Lovd One is a profile for someone who can't or won't have an account:
- Past generations. Grandparents, great-grandparents and ancestors whose photos you're keeping.
- Little ones. Children too young for an account.
- People who've passed. Record a date passed and they're marked as remembered.
- People who haven't joined yet. Family or friends who might sign up later.
- Pets. Your dog, cat or horse, linked to their humans with connections.
Only you can edit a Lovd One you created.
When a Lovd One joins Lovd
Choose Merge from the ⋮ menu on their card. You can:
- Merge into an existing account. On Find a person, pick them. They get a merge request to accept. (Pick another of your own Lovd Ones instead and the two merge straight away.)
- Invite them. On Invite by email, send an email invite or a single-use link. When they accept, the Lovd One merges into their new account.
Their photo tags and pending tag suggestions move across, and so do their connections, with one exception: when they merge into an account, a connection to anyone on Lovd other than you stays behind, so reconnect it afterwards if you need it. An invite always sets their connection to you, since the Connection field is required there.
Adding people
On the People page, select Add someone. It has three tabs:
| Tab | What it does |
|---|---|
| Find on Lovd | Search by @handle for someone who already has an account. |
| Lovd Ones | Create a profile for someone without an account. |
| Invite to Lovd | Invite someone new by email or a shareable link. |
If you have a collection selected, the panel is called Invite to collection and Find on Lovd invites the person into that collection rather than connecting you.
To create a Lovd One, open the Lovd Ones tab and choose Create new Lovd One. Only a first name is required. You can add a last name, birthday, date passed, birthplace and profile photo now or later (see Life events). They're ready to tag straight away.
Invite to Lovd
The Invite to Lovd tab sets up an invite in three parts:
- Inviting to. Pick a collection to add them to as a member, or Connect directly to invite them to Lovd with no collection access.
- Connection. Required when you connect directly, so their new account ends up linked to you. With a collection it's optional, and the field reads Connection (optional).
- Send it. Enter an email address, or open Shareable links to make a link you can send however you like. Links carry the same collection and connection, and you can revoke them at any time. For a collection link, you need to own the collection.
Tagging people in photos
You tag individual photos, not posts. A post counts as tagged with someone when any photo in it carries their tag. You can tag both people with accounts and Lovd Ones.
Tagging someone doesn't give them access to the photo. They only see it if it's shared with them, for example in a collection they're a member of.
Open a photo
Open the photo you want to tag.
Select Tag people
In the Tagged people section, select the add-person button beside its title (Tag people). (On a photo someone else added, the same button is Suggest tag; see Tag suggestions.)
Pick people and save
The picker has up to three tabs:
- Collection: people in the photo's collection (shown when you're working inside one).
- Contacts: the people with accounts you can see, yourself included.
- Lovd Ones: the Lovd Ones you've made. Create new Lovd One opens the full form, and the new Lovd One is picked for tagging as soon as it's made.
You can only tag someone with an account if you can already see them: a member of one of your collections, or someone you're connected to. To tag anyone else who's on Lovd, connect with them first: on the People page, select Add someone, then Find on Lovd. Once they accept, they appear under Contacts.
Type to filter, select the people, then select Save tags. If someone isn't listed, type their name and choose Create Lovd One to add them on the spot.
Tag several photos at once
- Select several photos in a collection.
- Select Tag people on the selection bar. On small screens it's in the ⋮ Selection options menu instead.
- Pick the people. The tags go on every selected photo.
On photos you didn't add, the tags are sent to their owners as suggestions.
Tag suggestions
On a photo someone else added, you suggest a tag instead of applying it, so the owner has the final say. The owner sees the suggestion in their notifications and can Accept it (the tag is added) or Decline it. You can only suggest someone you can already see; the owner can accept your suggestion even if they can't see that person themselves.
People who've turned off Allow tagging can't be tagged by others, directly or through a suggestion. The picker still lists them, greyed out with Tagging turned off.
Finding photos of someone
Once people are tagged, you can filter by them:
- Open the filter panel in a collection.
- Select one or more people.
- Only the photos they're in stay on screen.
You can also choose Filter by person from someone's ⋮ menu on the People page. It takes you to the timeline, showing only their photos.
The People page
Switch between two views with the Graph and Grid icons in the toolbar, next to Add someone:
- Graph. A family tree of the connections you can see, with controls for orientation, spacing and which lines to show. See Connections.
- Grid. Everyone's cards in a masonry grid, with a search box. Each card shows the person's photo, name, handle, how many photos and posts you share, their connection to you and a ⋮ menu for more actions. Choose Grouped to split people into Family and Friends & others (pets count as family), or Ungrouped for one list. Pending invites show up in the list too.
With a collection selected, the page shows only the people in that collection. Otherwise it shows everyone across your account.
Privacy at a glance
- Your birthday and birthplace are only visible to people you share with, and your email is only ever visible to you. See Privacy & visibility for the details.
- Lovd Ones belong to you. The members of a collection see a Lovd One once it's added to that collection or tagged in one of its photos, and only you can edit it.
- Allow tagging in your controls whether others can tag you. Turning it off blocks new tags but doesn't remove existing ones.
