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---
title: Preferences
description: Represents a user's preferences.
menu:
docs:
parent: entities
aliases: [
"/entities/preferences",
"/entities/Preferences",
"/api/entities/preferences",
"/api/entities/Preferences",
]
---
## Example
```json
{
"posting:default:visibility": "public",
"posting:default:sensitive": false,
"posting:default:language": null,
"reading:expand:media": "default",
"reading:expand:spoilers": false
}
```
## Attributes
### `posting:default:visibility` {#posting-default-visibility}
**Description:** Default visibility for new posts. Equivalent to [CredentialAccount#source\[privacy\]]({{< relref " entities / Account # source-privacy " > }}).\
**Type:** String (Enumerable, oneOf)\
`public` = Public post\
`unlisted` = Unlisted post\
`private` = Followers-only post\
`direct` = Direct post\
**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added
### `posting:default:sensitive` {#posting-default-sensitive}
**Description:** Default sensitivity flag for new posts. Equivalent to [CredentialAccount#source\[sensitive\]]({{< relref " entities / Account # source-sensitive " > }}).\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added
### `posting:default:language` {#posting-default-language}
**Description:** Default language for new posts. Equivalent to [CredentialAccount#source\[language\]]({{< relref " entities / Account # source-language " > }})\
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**Type:** {{< nullable > }} String (well-formed BCP 47 language tag, but parts other than language subtag may be discarded), or null\
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**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added
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4.1.0 - accept BCP 47
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### `reading:expand:media` {#reading-expand-media}
**Description:** Whether media attachments should be automatically displayed or blurred/hidden.\
**Type:** String (Enumerable, oneOf)\
`default` = Hide media marked as sensitive\
`show_all` = Always show all media by default, regardless of sensitivity\
`hide_all` = Always hide all media by default, regardless of sensitivity\
**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added
### `reading:expand:spoilers` {#reading-expand-spoilers}
**Description:** Whether CWs should be expanded by default.\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added
## See also
{{< page-relref ref = "methods/preferences" caption = "preferences API methods" > }}
{{< caption-link url = "https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb" caption = "app/serializers/rest/preferences_serializer.rb" > }}