SpaceHey News

9. December 2025

Data export improvements

15. November

Spam detection improvements

1. September 2025

Major spam detection improvements

31. July 2025

New donation page and "Recurring Supporter" Badges: https://spacehey.com/donate

30. July 2025

Major performance improvements

23. June 2025

Improved spam detection

11. May 2025

Added a help form for Supporter Badges: https://spacehey.com/help/supporterbadge

1. May 2025

Fixed a bug where profile pictures couldn't be uploaded and viewed.

3. February 2025

Improved the 404 page

22. January 2025

More server improvements! SpaceHey should be much faster now!

20. January 2025

Server improvements

29. December 2024

Better spam protection

22. December 2024

Performance fixes

18. October 2024

Improved CDN

16. August 2024

Fixed occasional wrong notification count

7. August 2024

Improved Comment posting flow

2. August 2024

(Re-)Added the Blog Subscriptions Box to the homepage

29. July 2024

Bulletin fixes & performance improvements

24. July 2024

New buttons to create new blog entries, bulletins and forum topics more easily!; Overall minor design improvements

5. May 2024

Fix "Delete Notifications by Type" feature

29. March 2024

Add support for Bluesky Links; Fix displaying of unicode special characters & emojis

12. February 2024

Automatically load new IM Chats when scrolling down

3. February 2024

Added a page to manage your Awards (like the Supporter Badge): https://spacehey.com/awards

23. January 2024

Fixed missing Notifications Bug

22. January 2024

Lots of server improvements

30. December 2023

Fixed missing Notfications Bug; Improvement: Immediately show new data after updating a blog entry, posting a comment, deleting a comment or editing a forum reply

19. December 2023

Lots of small Performance improvements across SpaceHey

26. November 2023

NEW: SpaceHey Mobile! Download now on Android & iOS: https://spacehey.com/mobile

23. November 2023

New Settings page Layout & Design; View all active sessions & remotely logout on the Settings page

15. September 2023

Improved image loading on custom layouts

12. September 2023

Add support for removing individual Status Texts (like "Mood")

30. August 2023

Improved Spam detection

31. July 2023

Add support for Threads Links

1. June 2023

Improved Forum Search!

29. May 2023

Server performance improvements

28. February 2023

Various UI improvements across SpaceHey

14. February 2023

Fixed Instant Messenger "Offline" bug on older versions of Safari (iOS, MacOS, iPadOS)

9. February 2023

Add support for <section> and <aside> HTML tags

29. January 2023

Improve loading of Profile Pics

4. January 2023

Improved Server Status page: status.spacehey.com

2. January 2023

Improved search across SpaceHey! Search results for users, blogs, forums, etc. are now better filtered and sorted!

29. December 2022

Server performance and security improvements

17. December 2022

Minor Homepage and "Cool new people" improvements

29. November 2022

The SpaceHey IM got a complete makeover and is now better looking and faster than ever before! Try it out: im.spacehey.com

27. November 2022

Fixed bug which caused links in Notifications to be un-clickable

22. November 2022

Fixed bug which caused Friend-Requests to be not-acceptable

18. November 2022

Add Support for BeReal & Letterboxd Links; Add support for the new YouTube User-Links

12. November 2022

Server fixes and improvements

1. November 2022

Server performance improvements across SpaceHey

18. October 2022

Password reset email system improvements

9. October 2022

Profile-photo uploading improvements

7. September 2022

Fixed timestamp not displaying bug

5. September 2022

New: SpaceHey Merchandise! shop.spacehey.com; New WYSIWYG Editor across SpaceHey; New: Option to pin Blog Entries; More details: Blog Entry

23. August 2022

Improved Server performance

6. August 2022

Fix homepage UI glitch

30. July 2022

Improved support for <ol>, <ul> and <th> HTML tags; Added landing-page for the SpaceHey IM for logged-out users

21. July 2022

Fixed price-selection bug in the SpaceHey Shop; Improved performance for profiles

7. July 2022

Various server performance improvements; Fixed WYSIWYG-Editor image preview bug

5. July 2022

Security improvements

4. June 2022

Fixed captcha loading error

23. May 2022

Profile page performance improvements

14. May 2022

Added support for <big> and <small> HTML tags; Improved profile pic loading speed; Added support for transparent PNG profile pics; Fixed a bug which caused some profile pics to be uploaded sideways

30. April 2022

Added Spotify and Mastodon as Profile Link options

24. April 2022

New: Choose a custom lifespan between 1 and 10 days when creating a Bulletin!; Added Last.fm as a Profile Link option

23. April 2022

Minor Notification System improvements

9. April 2022

Instant Messenger Performance improvements and bug fixes

27. March 2022

Server improvements

18. March 2022

Better Spam Protection

7. March 2022

Improved Spam Protection; Small Improvements across SpaceHey

3. March 2022

Added a "Website" Link option to the Social Links Section; Improved Captcha System to prevent Bot Spam: More infos

25. February 2022

Added a new Forum: "Helping each other"

22. February 2022

Improved performance across SpaceHey, especially in the Groups section; Improvements to the spam detection

5. January 2022

Small layout improvements on mobile devices

31. December 2021

Fixed a bug on mobile devices which caused the "Browse Users" page to not load properly

26. December 2021

Improved Login Sessions (you'll stay logged in longer now); Improved RSS Feeds for Groups

21. December 2021

Added support for the <mark> and <del> HTML Tags

20. December 2021

Decreased the wait-time between sending friend-requests from 20 to 10 seconds; Increased the limit of created Groups per user from 10 to 20

16. December 2021

Improved and reopened the "Share new Layout" page in the Layouts Section; Fixed a bug which caused an error when viewing notifications sometimes

7. December 2021

Added support for Twitch Clip Embeds (in addition to the already supported Live Embeds); Improved Blog & Forum Spam Detection

29. November 2021

SpaceHey turns One! Read more; The SpaceHey Art Project 2021 Submissions are live: https://spacehey.com/artproject; Various small bug fixes

26. November 2021

New: You can now set your Profile to "Private" in your Account Settings; Better Privacy when loading external media on profiles, blogs, and more. More infos; Added support for Odysee, BitView & iHeart Embeds

16. November 2021

Announcing the SpaceHey Art Project 2021: https://spacehey.com/artproject

14. November 2021

Added support for Apple Music and Deezer Embeds; Added Linktree, Telegram & ProductHunt Profile Link options; Fixed a bug which caused an error when changing profile pics

6. November 2021

Improved Comment Reply Notifications; Improved "Blog Preview" on Profiles

4. November 2021

Added an option to delete Groups

30. October 2021

Fixed a Bug which caused the "Delete Forum Reply" page to show an error

22. October 2021

New "Pay what you want" Shop: https://spacehey.com/shop; New "About" Page: https://spacehey.com/about

20. October 2021

Migrated to a new Server Infrastructure

12. October 2021

Improved the Bulletin Section; Various bug fixes and design improvements

7. October 2021

A new Emoji-Set will now be used in Comments and Instant Messages!; New: Post Comments faster - by pressing CTRL+ENTER (also available when editing your Profile!)

2. October 2021

Improved support for Giphy, Imgflip & Gfycat Embeds

30. September 2021

Minor UI Improvements & fixes

21. September 2021

Performance improvements across the whole site!

20. September 2021

New: option to change the default sorting in Group Forums (show top topics or most recent topics first)

29. August 2021

Added an option to open Notifications in a new tab

28. August 2021

SpaceHey is now fully compatible with Internet Explorer and other older Browsers!

16. August 2021

Improved the comment-sections across SpaceHey and fixed the spam-prevention system

10. August 2021

Added pagination to the Search and Advanced Search Pages

7. August 2021

New: Advanced Search based on Interests; Added Tumblr as a Profile Link option

1. August 2021

Improved RSS Feeds & other small Improvements

29. July 2021

Updated the Shop (New Stickers!); Improved site-wide Accessibility and Performance

8. July 2021

Improved 2-Factor-Authentication

30. June 2021

New: Pin Group Forum Topics to the Top of the Group Forum section; New: Enable/disable individual features in your Group (Group Bulletins/Forum)

23. June 2021

A lot of small improvements!

7. June 2021

New: Close & filter Forum Topics!

5. June 2021

New: SpaceHey Groups! https://groups.spacehey.com; A lot of small improvements: View Details

17. May 2021

New Forum Design & Forum Search added

6. May 2021

Added an option in the Account Settings to toggle your Online Status

25. April 2021

New: Full list with all available RSS Feeds: https://rss.spacehey.com; Added an option to fully remove your profile-photo

21. April 2021

Added Snapchat, Twitch, VSCO, Ello, Ko-fi & "Buy me a coffee" Link options

19. April 2021

Added a YouTube and Patreon Link Options to the Profile Links section

30. March 2021

Improved the RSS Feeds

20. March 2021

New: Blog Subscriptions - Subscribe to Blogs to never miss a new Blog Entry!

10. March 2021

Added Filter options (and a bulk-delete feature based on Notification Types) to the Notifications Page

2. March 2021

Improved the Mobile layout of Blog Entries and Bulletins

24. February 2021

You can now purchase larger quantities of stickers to support us: https://spacehey.com/shop

22. February 2021

The Blocking-System has been completely re-written and improved

16. February 2021

Added support for Twitch and Vimeo Embeds

14. February 2021

Added support for Anchor.fm and Libsyn.com Embeds

12. February 2021

New Servers! We invested in new Servers so SpaceHey is faster and more fun again! Enjoy!; Added a Behance Link Option to the Profile Links section

7. February 2021

Added a better HTML mode for editing Bulletins, Blog Entries and Forum Topics with a simple toggle to switch between visual WYSIWYG and HTML mode; Added support for Spotify User Embeds, Mixcloud Embeds and Hearthis.at Embeds

3. February 2021

Added the ability to share SpaceHey/invite your Friends: https://spacehey.com/invite

1. February 2021

It's now possible to cancel outgoing Friend-Requests before they are accepted

31. January 2021

New "Browse" Page with more Filters and Options to discover new People; Only include people who were active in the past 10 days in the "View random profile" feature; Fixed Top-Bar in IM chats for profiles with a longer name; Showing all sent (and open) Friend Requests is now possible on the "Friend Requests" Page

28. January 2021

Fixed "HTML code" mode bug in the Bulletin Editor on Chrome; Added and Info-Box about the Rules when starting a new IM Conversation; Blocking a user now deletes the IM Conversation with them too

26. January 2021

New: The SpaceHey Instant Messenger! You can now send messages to your friends on https://im.spacehey.com!

25. January 2021

Added a search tool to your friends list

23. January 2021

New: The SpaceHey Layouts Platform where you can share and discover new Layouts for your Profile: https://layouts.spacehey.com

19. January 2021

New: Notifications for new Friend Requests and accepted Friend Requests; A separate page to view all open Friend Requests

18. January 2021

New: Notifications for Comment Replies (Profile Comments, Blog Comments and Bulletin Comments)

15. January 2021

New: Reply to Blog Comments

14. January 2021

New: Reply to Bulletin Comments

13. January 2021

Various performance improvements

12. January 2021

Added an "accept all friend requests"-Button

11. January 2021

Added the ability to enable 2-Factor-Authentication for your Account

10. January 2021

Added the option to verify your Email Address

9. January 2021

New: Reply to Profile Comments

6. January 2021

Moved SpaceHey to a bigger Server; Fixed the Password Reset System

4. January 2021

Added an option to delete all Notifications at once; Removed the friend-request adding limit

2. January 2021

Release of the official SpaceHey Stickers: https://spacehey.com/shop; Added an option to view Forum Replies by newest first or by oldest first

28. December 2020

Various improvements regarding Bulletins

21. December 2020

Major Server Speed Improvements

17. December 2020

New feature: The SpaceHey Forums - https://forum.spacehey.com/

16. December 2020

New feature: Notifications - https://spacehey.com/notifications; The following Smileys will now be converted to Emoticons in Comments: :) :( :P :D :O 👍 👎

13. December 2020

New feature: Bulletins - https://spacehey.com/bulletins

12. December 2020

Slightly updated the Rules: https://spacehey.com/rules

10. December 2020

Custom SpaceHey merch! https://spacehey.com/shop; Added the ability to visit a random SpaceHey Profile: https://spacehey.com/random

8. December 2020

Added the ability to search for Blog Entries: https://blog.spacehey.com/search

6. December 2020

Added the ability to disable Comments on a Blog Entry; Added support for bandcamp.com embeds on Profiles

5. December 2020

Added the ability to add "Kudos" to a Blog Entry; Added the "SpaceHey News" page

4. December 2020

Added a Box with the clear Rules when editing your Profile; Added Support for IPv6; Various minor design improvements

3. December 2020

Added a way to support SpaceHey by buying Stickers: https://spacehey.com/shop

2. December 2020

Added support for Spotify, SoundCloud & YouTube Embeds in your Profile; Added GitHub to the Social Links Section

1. December 2020

Created a special Advent page: https://spacehey.com/advent; Added the ability to report Blog Comments, Blog Entries, Profiles and Profile Comments

30. November 2020

Added the ability to write Blog Comments; Various small improvements here and there

29. November 2020

Launch Day!