Gliph Verified Identities allow the Gliph staff to specifically call out notable people using Gliph to certify their authenticity.

The first verified identity is Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty on Adult Swim.

We are happy to review requests for identity validation, particularly if you’re participating in Gliph by joining groups or Gliph Marketplace.

Profile Pages make it easier to communicate and transact on Gliph using simple Send Message and Send Bitcoin buttons.

Gliph’s recently unveiled Desktop Web version makes Profile Pages accessible on the web.

For example, if you chose Tony for your Gliph Username, your profile page may then be found at https://gli.ph/tony.

Privacy Considerations
Existing Gliph users will need to opt-in to turn on their Profile Page. To opt-in with an existing Gliph account follow the steps in the Gliph’s New Usernames blog entry. These steps are:

1. Sign in to Gliph on the web or open the app on your smartphone.
2. Visit either the Profile or Edit Profile page and click or tap Set Gliph Username

If you’re new to Gliph, you will be required to choose a new Gliph Username during sign-up which automatically creates your Profile Page. However, you may still choose to keep all their personal Facet information private.

The Anatomy of a Gliph Profile Page
Profile Pages can be shaped to reflect your unique identity. Currently, you can display your Gliph Profile Photo facet, along with any of your other Facets you want to make Public.

When someone you’re connected to visits your Profile Page, they will see a combination of the private information you previously shared along with any information you’ve set to public. They will also be able to see a list of any Gliph Group Messaging groups you are both in together.

When someone you are not connected to views your Profile Page they will only be able to see information you’ve set to public. The same is true with someone you are connected to on Gliph, unless you specifically chose to share personal information with that connection.

First Steps
We believe Profile Pages make Gliph a more useful and practical service for communicating and transacting with Gliph users. We look forward to your feedback on this initial version and continuing to improve it as the Gliph platform continues to advance.

As always, you can give feedback to the Support Gliph, which you may now access in the app or by visiting its Public Page at https://gli.ph/support and clicking “Send Message.” :D

Submitted by CB, this is a “rare snow leopard sighting,” or more commonly her cat that likes to dive for grass snakes in the ivy.  Awesome!

Submitted by Mary K Fons. Portrait taken during shooting of her quilting show, Quilty, an epic quilting show you can catch on PBS in the United States.  Beyond quilts, Mary is also a fan of Bitcoin and Gliph. :) Photo by Matt Gonzales, Chicago

Submitted by RR, we actually don’t know the name of this gentlemen in the cowboy boots, but we like his stature and suspect he’ll have many a wild catches as he grows up.

Submitted by CM, this is a photo of Dexter. What can we say, we <3 cats at Gliph. CM invites you to connect with him on Gliph to talk about cats or other matters.

Submitted by LG, this little hero is named Tedy. 

Many thanks to everyone who sent something in! Some of these photos may make it into our product pages in screenshots and elsewhere.

Can’t get enough Gliph user photos? Check out results from our previous photo contest. Keep your eyes peeled for our next photo contest!

A photo of Godfrey, a winner from the 2013 Gliph photo Contest

For this year’s contest, we plan to feature winning photos in the launch of a new Gliph product planned for June. Our team loves pets, and thus favors pet photos. However two out of the five winners from our last contest were not pet photos, so please don’t hesitate to submit something!

How to submit your photo: Send the photo to the Support Gliph with the message “photo contest,” or send it via email to support@gli.ph.

Terms and conditions: You keep rights to the photo and grant Gliph the right to use the photo on Gliph’s website and blog.

Pencil, Bird, Dice

Gliph is a growing community of people. Knowing that real people are using Gliph every day is what makes the service more fun and valuable for everyone. To help keep a human face on our increasing population, we’ll occasionally be featuring a Gliph user with an interview in the company blog.

One of Gliph’s users, Kyle Gray, reached out to the  Support Gliph a few weeks ago with a question and after a few conversations we decided to invite Kyle to take the first spot for the Gliph User Profile.

Gliph: How did you hear about Gliph?
Kyle Gray: I read about Gliph from an online tech site, which told me about the new feature of cloaked email, which I found would be pretty useful!

G: What made you want to sign up?
KG: I found out about the cloaked email, and I use a lot of online services, which gets me a lot of email. I thought using one of these emails would be a great idea for site such as Craigslist or even just normal sign up sites, like twitter or Facebook

G: Why did you choose the artifacts (symbols) that make up your gliph?
KG: My Gliph is:

Here’s why: I love to write and read; I am a avid twitter user, I tweet a lot and this makes up my online presence and I like playing different games.

G: What are your favorite parts of Gliph?
KG: I love the fact that I can just tweet my “Gliph” and then talk about different things anonymously with other users. Also, the cloaked email made the app for me. It is a really excellent and thoughtful way to utilize anonymity.

G:  What kinds of services do you use with Cloaked Email?
KG: I no longer have to worry about my personal email, which is a Gmail, getting loads of emails I don’t care about, because cloaked email gives me the option to simply throw away, much like a throwaway account on reddit, the email, and then no one can contact me through that email and I don’t have to get a new email address.

I have use my cloaked email for Craigslist, so I don’t have I worry about spammers, I’ve used it for GameCenter on iOS, where I just give out the cloaked email and then I can have people add me. Now I’ve switched my Facebook account over to a cloaked email, so I don’t worry about them collecting more information on me.

G: What sets Gliph apart from other services and apps that you’re aware of?
KG: I have never seen or tried an app that does so much with anonymity as Gliph. The only thing I could compare Gliph to is its similar function to Google Voice. Google Voice gives you a phone number that you can link to different phone numbers, where you can block unwanted contacts or spammers, and filter different people from talking to you. Gliph Cloaked Email is like Google Voice for email!

G:. Are you a student, or do you work regularly? (What do you do?)
KG: I am a student that works a part time job.

G: What are your hobbies or interests?
KG: I love technology, I am an avid graphics designer, dealing with photoshop and other tools for web designing. I love music, singing and playing various instruments.

G: If you could add a feature to Gliph, what would it be?
KG: I think that I would add where you could add some personality to your cloaked email, but I do like how it generates them. Like cloud42@cloak.gli.ph for example. Also, clients on more platforms could open it up to more people.

G:  Have you had any interesting or odd experiences on Gliph that you would like to share?
KG: Not particularly, but I’ve had random people add me on Game Center who I don’t even know, because i have a Cloaked Email on it, I’m not afraid to just give it out to anyone.

G: Anything else you’d like to share?
KG: I want to thank the Gliph team for giving an awesome response to questions and suggestions I’ve had. Also thank you for this amazing service, where can I donate?!

–

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, feedback and super-suave photo, Kyle! You touched on some great ideas that the Gliph team is thinking about a lot. Kyle also mentioned in a follow-up that other Gliph users are welcome to send him connection requests to his Gliph. So feel free to reach out and say hello!