Island privacy and chat
The island is hosted by Netlify, with Cloudflare providing live visitors and animals. Weather is a shared fictional simulation. Clicking, moving or typing activates public presence; merely opening, reloading or focusing the page does not. Other connected visitors can see your generated character, movement, pose, typing indicator and submitted speech. Unsubmitted drafts stay in your browser. Avoid sharing personal information in public bubbles.
Each tab gets a random identifier used by the servers to generate its character. Reloading retains that tab’s appearance; new tabs get separate characters. No device or browser fingerprint is collected. Your internet address is processed on the servers only for network abuse limits and bans. Other visitors never receive the address. A separate secret-keyed identifier applies those limits; raw addresses are not stored in the island’s ban table. Character appearance is not a login or proof of identity.
Presence expires after ten minutes without input; closing a connection removes it promptly. Submitted bubbles expire after their reading interval. The island does not keep a chat-history database. Each tab’s active snapshot, appearance choice and draft are stored separately in session storage. One last-visit scene snapshot remains in local storage; fresh tabs clear inherited speech, drafts and appearance choices. Clearing this site’s storage removes them. Shared animals persist on Cloudflare without containing your private browser snapshot.
Clicking your own character reveals a small dice. Its appearance changes stay private while you try different looks. Walking, inspecting something or submitting speech shares the latest choice with connected visitors.
Recognized English profanity is masked before broadcast. Three accepted profane messages in one live session ban public presence for thirty days across the entire shared internet address. Rejected attempts do not prolong the ban. Expired entries are removed in bounded batches when the island is active. Shared office/home networks can therefore be affected together. Local play remains available.
Netlify and Cloudflare process requests under their own service policies. The page also loads its typeface from Google Fonts. The island does not geolocate visitors or request weather forecasts; island art and weather explains its fictional sky.
For privacy questions, contact david@davidfreiholtz.com. Do not send passwords or sensitive personal information.