Visibility settings

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Two layers

Visibility in RUFREE is decided by two layers together:

Layer 1: each event's visibility (Private / Busy / Friends / Groups)
            ↓ AND
Layer 2: account switches (course details, location, live status, …)
            ↓
        what the other person actually sees

They combine as AND — either layer can hold something back.

Layer 1: event visibility

Visibility	Effect
Private	Hidden entirely; the time does not even count as busy
Busy	Shows as “busy” with no details
Friends	Friends see the details
Groups	Group members see the details

New events take your account’s default visibility. Changing that default does not apply to events that already exist.

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Visibility for a single event

Layer 2: account switches

Switch	Controls
Show course details	With this off, even a “Friends” event shows only as busy
Show location	Whether rooms and locations are visible
Show live status	Whether others can see that you are in class right now
Discoverable	With this off, you do not appear in search
Show courses to non-friends	Whether people who are not friends can see your courses

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The privacy switches in settings

Common situations

Share free time without revealing what I study → Set events to “Busy”, or turn off “Show course details”. Shared free time still works.

Only the project team, not all my friends → Mark those events “Groups”, not “Friends”.

Do not let anyone find me → Turn off “Discoverable”.

A few classes are personal → Mark just those events “Private” and leave the rest alone.

Shared free time is the exception

It reads only busy/free, never details, so setting everything to “Busy” does not affect it.

The one catch is “Private”: private events do not count as busy, so others may treat that time as free.