Trust Connections in Your Feed
When you scroll through your feed, you'll see small badges next to the name of the person who posted each request. These are **trust connection badges** — they tell you how this person is connected to
Trust Connections in Your Feed
When you scroll through your feed, you'll see small badges next to the name of the person who posted each request. These are trust connection badges — they tell you how this person is connected to you through your community network.
Why Does This Matter?
Mutual aid works best between people who have some connection — even an indirect one. Knowing that "this person was helped by Alex, who you've worked with" is meaningfully different from responding to a request from a complete stranger.
Karmyq makes these invisible social connections visible so you can make more informed decisions about when and how to help.
Reading the Badges
🔗 Direct connection
Green badge. You and this person have directly completed an exchange together. You already know each other.
🤝 Connected through [Name]
Blue badge. You have a mutual connection — someone who has helped both of you. One step removed.
👥 Connected through [Name] → [Name]
Gray badge. Two steps removed. You share a network connection but haven't had a direct exchange.
🏘 Fellow member / Member of [Community]
Purple badge. You're both active members of the same community. You haven't exchanged yet, but you've both been welcomed into the same space.
🤝 Joined through [Name]
Yellow badge. This person joined the community through the same invitation tree as you.
No Badge?
If a request has no trust badge, no connection was found within 3 degrees of separation. This can happen with very new members or in large communities where the exchange graph is still growing.
How Connections Are Built
Every time you complete an exchange with someone, a trust connection is created. These connections spread outward: your connections' connections become your 2° network, and so on. The more you participate, the more people will see a trust badge when your name appears in their feed.