What a public board shows, and what it doesn't
A PicklePlay board is built to share scores, not people. Here’s exactly what leaves the organizer’s phone, who can see it, and how to take it down.
A board shows
- Players' short display names, like “Marcus W.”
- Team names and colors, for team leagues
- Scores, who's serving, standings, and the bracket
- The event's title, date, format, and scoring rules
- The location, only if the organizer turns it on
A board never shows
- Photos of players
- Ratings, skill levels on people, or rating-service numbers
- Phone numbers, email addresses, or the organizer's notes
- Apple IDs or any account details
- Anything that links a player across leagues. Each board uses its own private codes for players, so two boards can't be matched up.
Who can see a board
Anyone who has the link. Each league’s board lives at its own random address, 22 characters long, that can’t be guessed or worked out from the league’s name.
Boards aren’t listed on this site and aren’t searchable. Every board page and its data tell search engines not to index them.
Because the link is the key, organizers see a reminder when they turn a board on: anyone with the link can see these players’ names and scores, so make sure the players are OK with that.
Taking a board down
1
Stop publishing in the app
The organizer turns off the board for that league. The scores are wiped from the site, and the link shows “This board isn’t available.”
2
Revoke it on the site
The site owner can revoke a league’s access from the WordPress dashboard. The organizer’s phone can’t publish to that board again until it gets a new key.
3
Remove one player
An organizer can change a player’s display name or remove the player. Removed players show as “Removed player” on the next update.
Questions about your name on a board
Your league organizer controls their board, so they’re the fastest way to change or remove anything. Read how boards work or look at the sample board to see exactly what’s shown.
Photos on this site are by eedgar ivann (the home page hero) and Venti Views (the doubles players and the ball at the net), used under the free Unsplash License. None of them shows a real league’s players, and every name on the sample board is made up.