It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this: the Taverns Feed

What is the Taverns Feed?

It’s dangerous to go alone, so we built you a party. Until now, Taverns mostly lived inside your own taverns: great if you already had a crew, a bit lonely if you didn’t. Now Explore opens one big Feed of posts from all of Taverns, so you can find people who love the same games, shows and hobbies as you, wherever they hang out.²

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  One Feed for all of Taverns

  Posts from the whole community, not just your taverns. For you brings up posts with real conversations going, Following shows the people you follow and what they repost, and Latest is everyone’s newest first.

  Every app

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  Who to follow

  Suggestions with a one-tap Follow and the reason why: followed by someone you follow, your friend, follows you, or popular on Taverns. On phones they are swipeable mini profiles with each person’s banner.

  Every app

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  Profiles made for meeting people

  A banner, a bio, follower counts and tabs for Posts, Replies, Reposts and Media, with Follow, Add friend and Message right on top. Tap any name or avatar to open one.

  Every app

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  Reposts and quote posts

  Share someone’s post with your followers, or quote it with your own take. They get a notification either way.

  Every app

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  Replies and reactions

  Reply to start a conversation, and react with any emoji, your taverns’ custom emoji included.

  Every app

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  Explore opens on the Feed

  On a phone, Explore starts right on the Feed, with people to follow, featured taverns and Taverns News popping up as you scroll.

  iPhone, Android and tav.gg on a phone

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  New posts bubble

  A little bubble with faces tells you new posts just landed. Tap it to jump to the top.

  Every app

How do you make friends on Taverns?

The Feed is the front door. Here is how a scroll turns into a new friend:

1. Open Explore

   Tap Explore in the app (on tav.gg it is the Discover page) and scroll For you.

2. Find your people

   Tap a hashtag like #zelda, or search Explore for people and hashtags. Everyone talking about the same thing, in one place.³

3. Tap a name

   Any name or avatar opens that person’s profile, with their posts, replies, reposts and media.

4. Follow, add a friend or say hi

   Follow to see their posts in Following, Add friend to send a friend request, or Message to start a DM.

5. Join their taverns

   Trending taverns and the Tavern of the week sit right in Explore, each with a Join button.

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  Hashtags

  Type #anything in a post and it becomes a link. Tap it to see every post with that tag, sorted Top or Latest, in any language.

  Every app

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  @mentions in posts

  Type @ and pick someone to pull them into the conversation. They get a notification in their own language.

  Every app

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  Translate posts

  Someone posting in Japanese, Portuguese or Turkish? Tap Translate and read it in your language, so the whole world fits in your Feed.

  Every app

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  Share your profile

  Send anyone tav.gg/@yourhandle. It shows a preview card in other apps and opens your profile in the Taverns app on a phone.

  Everywhere you share

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  Search people and hashtags

  Explore search finds people and hashtags above taverns, with the people you follow and your friends first.

  Every app

Who can see your posts?

You choose, every time you post. When you write a post, tap the line under it that says who can see it, and pick one:

• Everyone: Explore, the Feeds of the taverns you are in, and your profile. Popular public posts can also show on the web at tav.gg/posts.²
• Your taverns: the Feeds of the taverns you are in, and your profile. Never Explore.
• Just your profile: only on your profile, never in a Feed.

Taverns remembers your choice for next time. Profiles are public, so anyone who opens yours can still see what is on it. Want your posts out of every Feed? Turn off Show my posts in tavern Feeds in Settings, under Privacy, and they stay on your profile. 18+ posts stay out of Feeds unless you turn them on in Content you see.

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  A video player made for the Feed

  Videos play muted as you scroll. Open one to watch it big with its replies beside it, or on a phone swipe through every video full screen, with a Follow button on each.

  Every app

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  Share into a New post

  In Photos or any other app, share to Taverns and tap New post to post it straight to your Feed.

  iPhone and Android

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  Pin a post

  Keep your best post at the top of your profile.

  Every app

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  Your tavern’s own Feed

  Every tavern can have a Feed at the top of its hall list with its members’ posts, and owners choose what it shows.

  Every app

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  Change who sees a post later

  Edit your post and tap who can see it to change it, without marking it as edited.

  iPhone and Android

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  Journal is now Posts

  What used to be your Journal is now simply your Posts, everywhere.

  Every app

Which taverns are up and coming on Taverns?

The Feed is not just for meeting people. It is also how new taverns are finding their crowd. These four grew fast over the last few weeks, and every one of them is open to visit. Go say hi!

• 27 members in week oneAnime and gaming

  Animazing Cozy Cafe

  @animazingcafe · 27 membersGrab a seat and stay a while: a chill lounge for anime fans and gamers, with 310 custom emoji and one of the busiest chats on Taverns this week.Visit the tavern
• Tripled since OctoberGaming, anime and memes

  Overlord Duck

  @overlord-duck · 37 membersA cozy home for gamers, anime fans and wandering souls, with events, a codex of memes and a duck that rules over all of it.Visit the tavern
• +13 this weekAnime and manga

  Anime

  @anime · 16 membersManga, light novels, fan art, cosplay, Japanese practice and two Stage halls for watching together, all in one tavern.Visit the tavern
• Brand newMaking games

  Game Dev Tavern

  @gamedev · 6 membersA cozy corner for game makers, with halls for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Roblox, GameMaker, game jams and collabs. Brand new and one to watch.Visit the tavern

Want your tavern here next time? Give it its own icon and banner (Trending only shows taverns that have both), post about it to Everyone, and tell us about it in the official Taverns tavern.

How many bugs did Taverns fix?

A lot. Since the October update, the desktop app shipped 17 more releases in 15 days, the phone apps got 25 updates, and we fixed 55 bugs that you reported, on top of everything above.

• 17 desktop releases in 15 days
• 25 phone updates
• 55 bugs you reported, fixed
• 12 languages

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  Translate any message

  One tap translates a message or post into your language: long-press on a phone, or use the hover bar on the web and desktop. Tap the label to see the original.

  Every app

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  Taverns speaks 12 languages

  English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Polish, Korean and Turkish. The app follows your device, or pick one in Settings.

  Every app

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  Watch together in voice halls

  Start a Stage right inside any voice hall and queue YouTube, TikTok, X, Vimeo or Twitch clips. Everyone in the call watches in sync, no bot needed.

  Every app

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  Sharper screen shares

  Screen shares and cameras now arrive at full resolution, and the quality picker really changes what everyone sees.

  Web and desktop

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  See when a group call is on

  Group chats show a green call icon and a Join banner, so hopping into the call is one tap.

  Every app

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  Stage picks up where it left off

  Leave a Stage video and come back later: it resumes where it stopped instead of starting over.

  Every app

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  GIFs load way faster

  Chats load a light copy of each GIF, about 10 times smaller, and older messages got the upgrade too.

  Every app

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  Notifications in your language

  Pushes for DMs, mentions, replies, calls, follows and more arrive in your app language, all 12 included.

  iPhone and Android

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  Bluetooth in Android calls

  Calls use your Bluetooth headset or headphones first, with a quick switch during the call.

  Android

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  DMs under the logo

  Your DMs live in a button right under the Taverns logo, and the bottom bar is Home, Explore, +, Alerts and Me.

  iPhone, Android and tav.gg on a phone

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  Active now, with banners

  The Active now strip on your DM list shows bigger cards with each friend’s banner, status and avatar decoration.

  Every app

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  Desktop calls, glowed up

  DM, group and voice hall calls on desktop got the phone app’s look, with sticker-style faces and one clean green ring when someone talks.

  Windows, Mac and Linux

• DMs send right away, even when you are both typing fast.
• Voice halls stay accurate: people stay in the list for as long as they are in the call, even after a connection blip.
• Your mic stays on in desktop voice halls, noise cancellation included, and setting it back to 100% works.
• Boosted voices play once, at the volume you picked.
• Camera off? Your picture shows instead of a black square, and the camera comes back after a screen share.
• Forums behave: Never really means never, pinned posts stay put, and Show inactive is always there.
• Your tavern’s look in the sidebar: custom name fonts and category colours show up, and you can pick a hall’s icon on tav.gg too.
• Link cards for more sites: Reddit posts show their title and preview, TikTok cards always have a play area, and sites that block previews still get a card.
• X videos play on tav.gg, and a single picture in a post keeps its own shape.
• Fresh emoji work right away: emoji from a tavern you just joined, and long-named emoji as reactions.
• Your look saves: GIFs picked for your avatar or banner stick, and custom statuses stay readable with gradient names.
• Mac: Window > Taverns (Cmd+0) brings the window back after you close it.
• Android: picture uploads start reliably, and the mod mail reply bar stays above the keyboard.
• Help in your language: write to Help and feedback in your language and our replies come back in it.