Naybar is a hyperlocal social discovery platform. Content is organised around your physical location, not a social graph. You see posts, geonotes, and people tied to where you actually are right now — not who you follow.

Drop Posts (pinned to a fixed location), Carry Posts (travel with you as you move), Geonotes (presence-locked 10-metre radius messages), Local Chat (chat with nearby users), Private Chat (one-to-one messaging), People (contacts and local users), and a live location feed. You can also promote posts for expanded reach and earn from boosts you receive.

Local mode shows content within your set radius based on your current GPS position. Explorer mode activates when your pinned map location is more than 10km from your physical GPS position — letting you browse any area in the world without being physically there. Moving your map pin back within 10km of your GPS position returns you to Local.

The bottom navigation tabs take you between your home feed, chat, people, and geonotes. The map sits at the top of the home screen. Header icons give you options relevant to the screen you are on. Everything is location-aware.

Use the map zoom controls or the radius selector. Your active radius determines what content you see and who sees your content. Ranges go from 10m up to 10km. Promoted posts bypass this and appear based on their promotion tier.

A Drop Post is pinned to the exact location you were at when you created it. It stays at those coordinates permanently. Anyone within that post's radius who comes to that location will see it.

A Carry Post is attached to your live GPS coordinates and moves with you. People near you see it wherever you go. If you stop moving, it stays at your last known position.

A Geonote is a presence-locked message. It has a fixed 10-metre radius — you must physically be within 10 metres of its pin to read it. You can set a duration (1 day to 1 month), a view limit, and an optional 4-character lock code for extra privacy. You can also post anonymously.

Yes. Posts support images (up to 10, with aspect ratio options), video, audio, and PDF. You cannot mix types in a single post. Geonotes also support media.

Each post has four actions: Boost (appreciation — earns the poster R1 per qualified boost), Respond (open the comment thread), Keep (save the post to your kept list), and Boo (flag content you dislike). Boost and Boo are mutually exclusive — selecting one removes the other.

It controls whether a visible location label is shown on your post. Toggling it off removes the visible pin label, but your post is still geographically anchored to your coordinates and filtered accordingly.

You set the duration when composing: from 1 Day up to 1 Month. View limits can expire a geonote earlier if the view cap is reached before the time is up.

Promoting a post pushes it beyond its natural radius to a wider audience for 1 hour. During that hour it appears at the top of the feed for users who fall within your chosen promotion tier, regardless of their own radius setting.

20km, 50km, and 100km radius tiers reach users within that distance from your post's origin. City, State / Province, and Country tiers reach users registered to that specific region. Global reaches all Naybar users worldwide.

Exactly 1 hour from the moment payment is confirmed. After that your post reverts to its normal radius and mode automatically — no action needed on your part.

When composing a post, tap the promote button in the compose toolbar. Select a tier — the cost is shown in your local currency. For City, State, or Country tiers you will be asked to specify the target region. Once you tap post, payment is processed via PayFast. Your post goes live once payment is confirmed.

Promotion payments are processed through PayFast, which supports card payments, EFT, and other available PayFast payment methods.

Every boost your posts or comments receive from a qualified account earns you R1 (~$0.05). Qualified means the boosting account has been registered for at least 7 days. Boosts from brand-new accounts do not count.

South African users see their balance in Rands. Users in all other countries see the equivalent in US Dollars, converted at the live market rate. The rate updates automatically.

Earnings are paid out monthly once you reach the minimum threshold of R2000 (~$100 USD). Payouts are via bank transfer for South African accounts or PayPal for international users. Payment processing is currently in beta — you will be notified when payouts are available for your account.

No. Creating fake accounts to boost your own content, participating in boost-exchange schemes, or using automated tools will result in earnings forfeiture and account suspension. Only genuine engagement from real, active users counts.

Any user who appears in your Local list (people nearby) or your Contacts list. Private chat is one-to-one. Local Chat is a shared space for users within your current radius.

Kept Chats are conversations you have archived. They are moved out of your main conversation list and stored under Kept Chats in the chat menu. You can unkeep a chat at any time to return it to the main list.

Yes. The chat footer has an attach button for images, video, audio, and PDF, and a dedicated voice note button. Hold the voice button to record and release to send.

Messages received from users whose location falls outside your current radius are automatically routed to the Out of Bounds Spam folder, keeping your main inbox relevant to your actual surroundings.

Toggling the sync icon activates Live Location. Your GPS position is polled every 3 seconds, the map and feed update continuously, and Carry Posts follow you in real time.

When Live Location and Auto-scroll are both on, the post feed scrolls automatically and new posts from each location update are prepended at the top — creating a live, self-advancing feed tied to your movement.

Move the map pin more than 10km from your physical GPS position and Naybar switches to Explorer mode. You can browse content for that remote area as if you were there. Your explorer coordinates persist across reloads. Moving the pin back within 10km of your GPS position returns you to Local mode.

Yes. Open the map options and choose Keep Location. Give it a name, set it as public or private, and it is saved to your Kept Locations for quick access later.

Naybar logs the locations you have browsed. Access them via map options → Your Location History. Tap any entry to jump back to that position.

Go to the People tab, open the menu, and tap Add New Contact. Search by username, name, or phone number. Added contacts appear in your Contacts list.

Naybar users whose current location falls within your active radius. They do not need to be contacts — they are simply nearby users.

Open their profile, tap the three-dot menu, and select Block User. Blocked users cannot see your content and will not appear in your feeds or local list. Manage your blocked list via People → menu → Blocked List.

Geonotes have an anonymous toggle on the compose screen. Enabling it hides your identity from anyone who reads that geonote.

Tap the three-dot menu on a post, comment, geonote, or user profile and select Report. Provide a description of at least 10 characters and submit. Reports are reviewed by the Naybar team.

Your location is used solely to filter and surface geographically relevant content. It powers your feed, saved locations, and location history. It is never sold or shared with third parties.

Your full name can be changed once. Your username can be changed up to 3 times. Both are editable from your profile by tapping your name or handle directly.

On your profile, tap your avatar to change your profile picture. Tap the three-dot menu → Change Banner to update your banner image.

Go to your profile. Tap your bio text to edit it inline, or tap the link area to add or update your external link. Changes save immediately.

On your profile, tap the three-dot menu → Sign Out.

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