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    • Introduction to Hyperdrive
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  1. Intermediate

Your Profile Drive

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Every Beaker user has a hyperdrive that represents them publicly. This is the "Profile Drive." It is created during the initial setup.

You can find your profile drive by looking at the top right of the browser. You will find your profile picture. You can click on it to open your profile drive.

To change your name, bio, or picture, see .

You can choose your profile to grant read access. Any additional permissions will be requested.

Some applications will use your profile to save and publish content. (This is how the works.) When they want to use your profile, you will be prompted with this interface:

with other users to connect with them. You can add other users' profiles to to keep track of them.

See also: the API.

Microblog Feed Template
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your address book
beaker.contacts
Changing a Drive's Title or Thumbnail