Heylo can help people who know each other connect and find groups on Heylo!
Mutual Contact Consent
Contact relationships on Heylo are mutual, meaning both you and the other person must opt in for the connection to be recognized. This ensures that no one can access your profile or message you unless you both agree to share contact information.
Benefits of Syncing Contacts
When you sync your phone’s contact list with Heylo, you gain the ability to see who in your contacts is on Heylo. If both you and a contact have each other’s number saved—and both of you have chosen to sync your contacts—Heylo recognizes you as mutual contact. Then, you can:
- See your contacts in your Heylo group in the members directory
- View the profile of mutual contacts, even if they are not in your Heylo group
- Send direct messages to mutual contacts, even if they are not in your Heylo group
- Discover groups that your mutual contacts are in, and allow them to discover your groups too
- Get recommendations of new members to invite to your group based in part on mutual contacts
Opt-in, opt-out
When you use Heylo, by default, you do not have contacts synced. If you opted-in to contact syn and would like to opt back out, no problem! Please get in touch with the Heylo team. Once turned off, mutual contacts lose the ability to see you as a contact and therefore cannot see your profile outside of your group, direct message with you, or see groups you are in. Heylo will never message or spam contacts.
Contact Privacy
Heylo places a high priority on privacy. Your phone number is not visible to mutual contacts. If you choose not to sync your contacts, people outside your group cannot see your profile or any groups you belong to.