Up until now, using Lykewise meant exchanging codes and creating sets for specific people. That works well when you already have someone in mind, but it does not help when you want to put yourself out there more broadly. Open sets change that.
An open set is a question set you answer once. Instead of adding people by their code, you share your profile link. Anyone who visits can see your open sets, pick one, and answer it themselves. Your answers are copied to each person who joins, and from there the normal flow kicks in -- they answer independently, you both see the summary, and both approve before results are revealed.
The key difference is reach. Instead of one set per person, one set works for everyone. You answer your rope questions once and share the link in your FetLife bio, a group chat, or wherever. People self-select in.
To make this work, there are now public profile pages. Each user gets a page at lykewise.app/u/YOUR-CODE that shows their display name and open sets. You have to turn this on yourself -- profiles are off by default and only become visible when you enable the Public profile toggle in the new Privacy section on your dashboard.
If you want to answer differently for a specific person, you can. There is a Customized tab on the answers page where you add someone's identity code and set different answers just for them. When they join, they get your custom answers instead of the template. Everyone else gets the default. This is useful if you already know someone and want to tailor your responses without creating a separate set.
Following is the other new piece. When you visit someone's profile, you can follow them. When they post a new open set, you get a push notification and it shows up in a feed on your dashboard. No more checking back to see if someone has posted something new.
You control who can follow you. On your dashboard there is a privacy section with three options: anyone can follow, approval required, or nobody. Approval required means follow requests go to your dashboard where you can accept or reject them. Nobody removes all existing followers and blocks new ones.
The privacy section on the dashboard groups three controls together: whether your profile is public, who can add you to sets, and who can follow you. These are independent -- you can have a public profile with open sets but not accept direct sets from strangers, or you can accept sets from anyone but keep your profile hidden.
All of this works with the existing safety layers. Blocked users cannot see your profile, join your open sets, or follow you. The approval gate still applies to open set results. Nothing changes about how answers and results are protected.