> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://doc.pixotchi.tech/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://doc.pixotchi.tech/game-mechanics/social-and-notifications.md).

# Social & Notifications

The social layer of Pixotchi: public chat, onchain profiles and follows, share cards, plant-health notifications, activity feed, and themes.

Pixotchi is a multiplayer garden. The social layer is built in, not bolted on.

## Public chat

Tap the chat bubble in the header for the community room (on desktop it opens side-by-side with the Neural Seed AI).

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House rules, enforced automatically: 200 characters per message, one message per 3 seconds, spam filtered. Messages naturally expire after 24 hours; it's a garden fence chat, not a forum. Names show as your ENS or Basename when you have one.

## Profiles & follows

Tap any player, in chat, on leaderboards, or on the map, to open their profile: their plants, lands, and stats. **Follow** players you like; follows live on the [Ethereum Follow Protocol](https://efp.app), an open onchain social graph that belongs to you, not to Pixotchi.

## Share cards

Use a mint’s share button to open a prepared post for Farcaster or X. Review and publish it in that service; generating a share card does not post it automatically.

## Notifications

Plant-care notifications target plants with less than 12 hours of lifetime remaining. Enable notifications in a supported Coinbase Wallet (formerly Base App) or Farcaster client. The scheduled check runs every two hours, with throttling to avoid repeated alerts; delivery depends on the host and notification service. Keep checking your plants’ timers directly.

## Activity feed

The **Activity** tab streams the last 24 hours of onchain events: attacks, kills, mints, arcade wins, upgrades, quests, casino results, raids. View the whole game or filter to just you (incoming versus outgoing included). Everything links back to the transaction, because everything *is* a transaction.

## Make it yours

Eight color themes, optional ambient music, a snowy winter mode, and a broadcast system where the team posts announcements in-app. And for the curious: legend speaks of a **Secret Garden** that opens only to those who dial the themes in just the right order...