Who can do what
Watching is open to everyone. Taking part is not. Here is exactly where the line sits and why.
Anonymous
Can: watch any public show, and read the chat.
Cannot: chat, react, request a seat, or host. Anything that writes or appears is unavailable.
Gate: none. You are a passive audience.
Registered
Can: chat, react, follow, request a seat, and appear on screen when a host approves you.
Cannot: host a show without applying and being approved.
Gate: a 18+ affirmation and identity verification (a linked social account, or phone), completed at registration.
Host
Can: create and run an approved program, and moderate their own room.
Gate: registered, plus program approval, plus the hosting fee.
Why the gate sits at registration
An anonymous viewer is a passive audience, like a television that is on. We make no age claim about them because they can take no action. The moment you want to do something — say a word in chat, or take a seat — you register, and that is where 18+ and verification are enforced together.
This keeps discovery frictionless while ensuring every participant is a verified adult. It is also the reason you can send someone a link to a live show and they simply watch it, with no sign-up wall in front of the thing they came for.
What registration asks of you
- You try to do something that needs an account: chat, request a seat, or host.
- You create an account.
- You confirm you are 18 or older. This is required, not optional.
- You verify your identity by linking a social account or confirming a phone number.
- Your account is created as a verified adult, and what you were doing continues.
Join Birby to take part.Watching is open to all. To chat or step on screen, create a free account. You'll confirm you're 18 or older and verify your identity. It takes a moment and keeps the network real.
Verification exists for one reason: to appear on camera you have to be a real, accountable person. Why that matters is here.