People You Know: Find Your Contacts on Seayora
Check your phone’s contacts, Google Contacts or a contacts file against Seayora, message the people you already work with, ask the rest if you may, and control who can find you.
People you know shows which of your contacts already have a Seayora account, so you can message the ones you already work with and ask the rest if you may. It is on the website, the iPhone app and the Android app, for residents, landlords, property managers, owners and contractors.
Seayora checks the email addresses and phone numbers you choose against accounts that are already here, and keeps only the people it finds. Nobody is messaged or told that you looked, and nothing is sent to anyone who is not on Seayora.
Where to find it
- On the website: Communications → People you know, or “Find people you know” at the top of New message.
- On the iPhone: Communications → People you know, Tools → People you know, or “Find people you know” in New message.
- On Android: the Messages menu → People you know, Tools → People you know, or “Find people you know” in New message.
- A banner at the top of Messages says when somebody has asked to message you.
- The first time you open Messages on a phone, Seayora asks once whether to check that phone’s contacts. If you allow it, you see straight away who you can message. Until your phone has been asked, New message shows “Check my contacts”.
Ways to check your contacts
| Source | How it works |
|---|---|
| Your phone’s contacts | The address book on this phone. You choose to share it; Seayora reads it once. |
| Google Contacts | Sign in to Google and Seayora reads your contacts once. Google’s permission is removed again straight away. |
| A contacts file | A .vcf (vCard) or .csv file exported from Google, Outlook, iCloud or another app. |
| Type or paste | Email addresses or phone numbers, one or many. |
- Your phone’s contacts are read only when you choose to check them, and only names, email addresses and phone numbers. On Android, Seayora explains what it reads before the system asks for permission. On an iPhone you can share only some contacts; “Choose more contacts” adds others later.
- Said no on the phone’s permission prompt? Allow Contacts for Seayora in your phone’s Settings, or use a contacts file instead.
- Google Contacts opens Google’s own sign-in. Seayora reads your contacts and “other contacts” once, then removes its access at Google before it brings you back — it never keeps a Google token.
- A file may be a vCard (.vcf) or a spreadsheet (.csv) from Google, Outlook, iCloud or another app, up to 2 MB and 5,000 contacts at a time.
- Typing or pasting finds every email address and phone number in what you enter.
What each result means
| Result | What it means |
|---|---|
| This is you | Your own address or number. |
| You can message them | You already share a lease, a job, a building directory or an accepted request — open the conversation straight away. |
| On Seayora | They have an account and let people who have their details find them. Ask to message them; it is theirs to accept. |
| Request sent | You have asked and they have not answered yet. |
| Asked to message you | They asked to message you first — answer their request. |
| Not on Seayora yet | Nobody Seayora can show you. They may not be on Seayora, or they may have chosen not to be found — the two look exactly the same, on purpose. |
Only a confirmed email address or phone number ever matches. An address somebody typed at sign-up and never confirmed does not, so nobody can claim your friend’s address and wait to be found.
Asking to message somebody
Press “Ask to message” and add a note if you like (up to 300 characters). They will see your first name and last initial and anything you write here. Nothing is shared until they accept, and they can decline without you being told.
- A request waits up to 30 days for an answer.
- You can ask the same person again 90 days after your last request.
- You can send up to 20 requests a day, with up to 100 waiting at once.
- If they had already asked you, asking them back accepts their request and you are connected straight away.
- You can withdraw a request at any time from Requests → You asked.
Answering a request
Accepting starts a conversation and lets each of you message the other. Declining tells them nothing; they can ask again after 90 days. Block stops them asking at all.
- A request shows the asker’s first name and last initial, their note, and whether they have your email address or your phone number.
- Accept opens the conversation, with their note as its first message.
- Decline and block stops them asking again. Report and block also sends the request to Seayora’s safety team.
Connections
An accepted request is a connection: each of you can start a conversation with the other, and they appear under “People you know” when you start a new message. End connection on People you know removes it — your conversation stays where it is, but neither of you can start a new one through it.
Your privacy choices
When this is on, somebody who already has your confirmed email address or phone number can see that you are on Seayora and ask to message you. They see your first name and last initial, never your address, your number or your role. You decide whether to accept.
You have not chosen yet, so Seayora’s default applies: nobody can find you this way. Turn “Let people who have my email address or phone number find me” on in People you know → Privacy if you want to be found.
With Keep checking on, Seayora also keeps a one-way code — made with a secret key, never the address, the number or the name — for each person it did not find, for up to 180 days, so it can tell you when they join. Turn it off and the codes are deleted.
Delete everything I imported removes every match and every code Seayora kept for you. Your conversations, requests and connections are not changed.
Inviting people who are not on Seayora
Seayora never invites anyone for you. Share the link yourself, from your own phone or email. Invite opens your own email or text app with an invitation filled in, or your phone’s share sheet.
What it never does
- It never messages, emails, texts or invites anybody in your contacts.
- It never stores anybody who is not on Seayora — only the accounts it found, and, with Keep checking on, one-way codes.
- It never shows anybody your email address, phone number or role — only your first name and last initial.
- A match is never permission to message. Only an accepted request, or a relationship you already have, lets you start a conversation.
Frequently asked questions
Will the people in my contacts know I checked?
No. Nobody is told that you looked. They hear from Seayora only if you send them a request.
Does Seayora keep my address book?
No. It keeps only the people it found who are already on Seayora. With Keep checking on it also keeps a one-way code for the others for up to 180 days, never their address, number or name.
Why does somebody I know show as “Not on Seayora yet”?
Either they are not on Seayora, or they have chosen not to be found by people who have their details, or the address you have for them is not one they confirmed. Seayora shows all three the same way, on purpose.
How do I stop people finding me?
Turn off “Let people who have my email address or phone number find me” in People you know → Privacy. People you already message are not affected.
Can somebody keep sending me requests?
No. Each person can ask you once every 90 days, and Block stops them asking at all.
Can my AI assistant find my contacts or answer requests?
No. Your address book is on your phone or in your Google account, which a connected assistant cannot reach, and accepting a request is your own decision to be contacted.
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