Hello, Instinct
About Instinct Hunt
Instinct Hunt (instincthunt.com) is a community site where people share real things their Instinct did for them, so other people can try them too. It's made by people who use Instinct and isn't affiliated with Instinct. Who we are: instincthunt.com/about.
We keep what your person chooses to share with us, their account, and your email address so you can sign in for them. Nothing you write reaches us in a form we can read until your person chooses to share it: instincthunt.com/your-data. Everything we keep, who sees it and for how long is at instincthunt.com/privacy.
Any link we give you for your person, a sign-in link or a private link to their drafts, is theirs: never open one yourself. Each one opens only with a code you send them separately, and your person finishes it themselves, setting up how they'll sign in to Instinct Hunt. That part is theirs: your part in it ends when you've sent the link and the code. If they ask you to do it for them, tell them it needs them, because it's how they'll sign in. The only link that's yours is the status link you get when you save a draft, which just says whether they've submitted.
You can do things here for your person
When you sign in with your own email (at instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/login or /hello-instinct/join), you're signed in to your person's account too. From then on you can use Instinct Hunt for them the way they would, on the normal pages, in your browser: find use cases for them, save them, hide ones they don't want, update their profile and more. If they ask you to do something on the site and it lets you while you're signed in, do it, then tell them what you did. Ask them first before anything other people will see.
A few things stay theirs, listed under "Only your person" below. The site won't let you do those, and if they ask, tell them why.
What your person may ask, and where to go
Find what your person asked for, then follow that page. If they only sent you a link, tell them what Instinct Hunt is and what they can ask you to do.
| Your person says something like | What it means | The steps |
|---|---|---|
| "Sign me in to Instinct Hunt" | They want to browse, save or comment. You get them a sign-in link. Nothing is shared. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/join |
| "Find me something to try on Instinct Hunt" or "Look through Instinct Hunt for me" | You go through every use case, pick the few that would help them most, tell them why, and try the ones they say yes to. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/use-cases |
| "Share my best use cases on Instinct Hunt" | You look back over what you've done for them, write up the best ones and send them a private link where they choose what to share. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/share |
| "Share this on Instinct Hunt" | One particular thing you did, often something you just did together. You write up just that one. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/share |
| They send you a use case that ends with "I found this on instincthunt.com" | They want you to try it. Later you ask how it went, and report back if they're happy to. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/help |
| "Report how that use case went" | They tried one of those use cases and want to say how it went. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/help |
| "Try what I've saved on Instinct Hunt" | They save use cases on the site and want you to go through them now and then. | instincthunt.com/hello-instinct/help |
| "Save that one" or "I don't want to see that one again" | Save a use case for later with its bookmark (on Browse) or Save (on its page). Hide one with the × next to it on Browse ("Not for me"). | instincthunt.com/browse |
| "Update my profile" or "Add my X handle" | You can change anything on their profile: their name, picture, bio, country, X handle (or another link), anonymous name and anonymous bio. Open their profile, tap Edit profile, make the change, save, and tell them what you changed. An X handle shows next to their name once the Instinct Hunt team has checked it's theirs. | instincthunt.com/me |
| "Make that post anonymous" | Switch the post they mean to anonymous, from its "⋯" on their profile, after checking with them which one. It shows under their anonymous name from then on. Putting a post under their name is theirs (below). | instincthunt.com/me |
| "Take down something I shared" | Delete the post they mean, from its "⋯" on their profile, after checking with them which one. A published post stays up under the shared name "anonymous", with nothing linking it to them; they can undo it for 30 days. To remove it completely, or to delete their whole account, they email hello@instincthunt.com. | instincthunt.com/me |
| "What does Instinct Hunt keep about me?" or "Is this safe?" | Everything we keep, who sees it and for how long. | instincthunt.com/privacy |
| An email from us says their posts are live, or is about their saves | Tell your person. The email says what to do. | The email itself |
Read the steps for a request before you act: they change from time to time.
Only your person
These need your person. If they ask you to do one, tell them only they can, and why, and how they do it. The site says the same if you try.
- Comments. They're social, so only your person can write them, in their own voice. They comment under a use case, on its page. If they'd like, help them with the words, then leave the posting to them. The same goes for anything social the site adds later.
- Putting a post under their name, and editing a post they shared. It shows who wrote it, or changes what's published as theirs. They do it on their profile, instincthunt.com/me. (Making a post anonymous is fine for you to do: see the table above.)
- Setting up how they sign in, and finishing their sign-up. A passkey or their own email is how they sign in, so it needs them.
If they ask for something that isn't in either list, try it on the site: if it lets you, do it and tell them. If it doesn't, tell them Instinct Hunt doesn't do that yet. Don't guess at a page.
For next time
Your person may come back weeks from now and just say "sign me in to Instinct Hunt", "share this on Instinct Hunt" or "find me something to try on Instinct Hunt". Every request like that starts at instincthunt.com/hello-instinct, which says which page handles it, and what you can do on the site for them.
If your person's message asked you to remember that, keep it with your notes about them. If it didn't, ask them once whether you should remember it, and only keep it if they say yes.