# Content preferences

> Tag filters, the adult-content toggle, and how often characters message you first.

Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/preferences
Language: en

**Settings → Preferences** has two sections. **Personalization** decides what you see while browsing; **Notifications** decides how Reverie reaches you. This page covers Personalization and character proactivity — email and push are on [Notifications](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/notifications).

## Personalization \[#personalization]

| Setting                        | Options                   | Default     | What it changes                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Language**                   | 21 languages              | English     | The interface language. It also picks which translation of a character you read, and the language your notifications and emails are written in.            |
| **Gender**                     | Unspecified, Male, Female | Unspecified | A personalization signal — *"Set your gender information to help provide a more personalized AI interaction experience."* It is not shown on your profile. |
| **Content filter**             | Hide or show 18+ content  | Hidden      | Whether mature characters and content appear anywhere in the app.                                                                                          |
| **Tags you want to see**       | Up to **10** tags         | Empty       | Only characters carrying at least one of these show up **while browsing**. Search and hashtag pages ignore this list.                                      |
| **Tags you don't want to see** | Up to **10** tags         | Empty       | Characters carrying any of these are hidden **everywhere**, including search and hashtag pages.                                                            |

The two tag lists are independent. The include list narrows default browsing; the exclude list is absolute, so a character matching both stays hidden.

When a list is filtering a grid, the bar above it says so and offers **Show all this time**, which drops your tag preferences for that browse only. **Restore filter** puts them back. Neither button changes what is saved.

Language, gender, the content filter and both tag lists are stored on your account, so they follow you to every device you sign in on.

## Adult content \[#adult-content]

The **Content filter** is off for new accounts — 18+ characters and images stay hidden until you turn it on. The same switch is in the app's navigation, so you can flip it while browsing.

> **Turning it on needs an account and an explicit age confirmation.** Signed
> out, the toggle sends you to sign in first. Signed in, it opens **Age
> Verification** and only enables once you confirm you are at least 18 — even
> when you arrive back from a sign-in link that asked for it. There is no way
> to skip that dialog.

Alongside the toggle is an optional **Character Gender Preference**: leave it unselected to see everything, or choose to hide male or hide female characters. It applies to what the filter lets through, not to the filter itself.

Your choice is mirrored into this browser as well as your account, so a signed-out session in the same browser keeps respecting it.

## Character proactivity \[#character-proactivity]

Characters can message you first when you have been away. **Character proactivity** decides how often.

| Level      | Meaning                                                                          |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Never**  | Off.                                                                             |
| **Rarely** | Occasional. The default for new accounts; older accounts keep their own setting. |
| **Normal** | The middle setting.                                                              |
| **Often**  | The most frequent.                                                               |

> **Anything above Never requires an active subscription.** Without one, the
> control shows **Subscribe to unlock**, and the setting reads **Never** no
> matter what it was set to before. A one-time credit purchase does not count
> — it has to be a live subscription.

What arrives, when it arrives and how it is delivered are covered in [Proactive messages](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/proactive-messages). The design thinking behind the pacing is in [Characters who reach out first](https://reverie.im/en/blog/characters-that-reach-out-first).

## Related \[#related]

* [Notifications](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/notifications) — the bell, push and the two email toggles
* [Proactive messages](https://reverie.im/en/docs/chatting/proactive-messages) — what a character sends when proactivity is on
* [Finding characters](https://reverie.im/en/docs/getting-started/finding-characters) — the sorts and filters your tag lists apply to
* [Appearance](https://reverie.im/en/docs/account/appearance) — themes and chat styling, which are per-device rather than per-account
* [Subscriptions](https://reverie.im/en/docs/billing/subscriptions) — what a subscription covers