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No pasted links, hate or spam. Posting limits apply.
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Applies only to local sample chat. Use the separate Live chat setting below to opt into sharing with other people. In sample chat, adds the website in global chat, or the page title and path in website rooms. Search queries, URL parameters, and recognized private pages are omitted. Adult-site details are never shared into global chat. Turning this off applies to new messages; earlier messages retain their context.
On by default. Partially masks stronger words with asterisks (for example, “f**k”). Mild words like “butt,” “damn,” and “hell” stay visible. Original text is retained on the chat server; this filter changes how messages appear to you.
Automatically switches between Cloud in light mode and Night walk in dark mode, matching your device. Choose a palette below to use it all the time.
Applies on your next toolbar click. Choose Detached window and reopen Sidewalk to use it. Drag its title bar to move it; its size and position are remembered.
Privacy Policy · Terms & Community Rules
Stay anonymous with 800 color-and-emoji combinations. Choose your own color and emoji or let Sidewalk surprise you. Your live profile number makes your name unique and stays the same when you change aliases. Your streak and points stay with you on this device.
Join Global or a public website room to talk with other people. Adult-site rooms are unavailable. Adult websites are excluded from discovery and page sharing.
Your alias, palette, streak, and opening preference stay on this device. Live chat uses an anonymous profile with no email or password. Live messages and reports are saved on the chat server. Replies, blocking, and reporting are available on each message.
General use requires a 13+ agreement. Adult-site rooms are unavailable. Adult websites are excluded from discovery and page sharing. Domain lists can miss adult content, especially individual pages on mixed-use websites. This is not age verification or a guarantee that a room is appropriate.
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Support, privacy requests and appeals: admin@sidewalk.chat
Live names combine a color, emoji, and unique profile number. They do not verify a real-world identity.
You must be at least 13 to use sidewalk. Keep general rooms appropriate for ages 13 and up.
Sidewalk connects automatically while open. Your anonymous profile, room, messages, optional shared page and reports go to our chat service. Analytics summarize chat activity. Optional opening measurements can be enabled in Settings; they contain no browsing details or profile identifier. Page sharing starts off. Read our Privacy Policy and Terms & Community Rules.
Age is self-confirmed. Sidewalk uses aggregate chat counts for service analytics. Optional measurements start off.
Earn 5 points for each eligible message, up to 100 points per local calendar day. Repeated messages and messages less than 10 seconds apart don’t earn extra points.
Earn points on consecutive days to grow your streak. A missed day resets it. Your streak and points stay with you on this device when you change your alias, color, or emoji.
Points have no cash value and aren’t synced across devices. Your device clock sets the day; this is not a server-verified score.