Playlist Privacy

See how public and private playlist visibility works in BeatPass and how it interacts with collaboration.

Every playlist has a Public setting. That switch controls who can view the playlist; it does not decide who can edit tracks.

Public vs. Private

Setting	Who can view it	Can be shared	Can be followed
Public	People who can access public playlists on the BeatPass instance	Yes	Yes
Private	Owner and accepted collaborators only	Not as a public share surface	No public following flow

Where The Setting Appears

BeatPass currently exposes the privacy setting in both places:

• The create or edit playlist dialog, using the Public switch
• The playlist context menu, using Make public or Make private

The form description is: Everyone can see public playlists.

How Privacy And Collaboration Work Together

Combination	Result
Public + non-collaborative	Anyone with access can view; only the owner edits.
Public + collaborative	Anyone with access can view; only the owner and accepted collaborators modify tracks.
Private + non-collaborative	Only the owner can view and edit.
Private + collaborative	Only the owner and accepted collaborators can view; only those same users can modify tracks.

Sharing And Context Menus

• Public playlists expose the normal share flow.
• Private playlists are still manageable by the owner, but they are not presented as public shareable destinations.
• Follow and unfollow actions only make sense when the viewer can access the playlist.

Making a playlist private does not turn collaborators into ordinary followers. Accepted collaborators keep access because collaboration is a separate permission path.