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# Claim a profile

> Some profiles are prepared for a person or an organization to claim with a passphrase, and claiming signs you in to a new account, which becomes the profile.

Curation Space prepares some profiles for someone else to claim: a Managed Profile for an organization, or a Collison Handoff for a person. If one is yours, you claim it with a passphrase, and claiming signs you in to a new account, which becomes the profile.

## What is a Managed Profile?

A public profile that Curation Space keeps for an organization until the organization claims it. It carries a **Managed by Curation Space** badge, and Curation Space adds the organization's posts to its curations as they're published. People can find it, follow it, and subscribe to its curations like any other profile. It doesn't expire.

## How do I get the passphrase for my organization's profile?

Email [handoff@curation.space](mailto:handoff@curation.space) from a company email address. Once you're verified, you receive a passphrase, in a form like `K7QM-3XVA-9TRD`. It's valid for 14 days.

## What is a Collison Handoff?

A profile and its curations prepared for one person, held at the addresses that person will keep, for them to claim. While it's held, it isn't in Explore or search, and nobody can follow it or subscribe to it. In place of **Follow** and **Subscribe**, it shows a key icon and a claim button with the person's name, such as "Claim Ada's profile".

The person who prepared it gives you the passphrase. Small differences in how you type it are forgiven. The hold lasts 10 days and can be extended; a handoff that isn't claimed in time is deleted.

## How do I claim it?

**1. Open the profile**

Go to the profile's address.

**2. Start the claim**

On a Managed Profile, choose **Claim with passphrase**. On a Collison Handoff, choose the claim button with your name.

**3. Enter the passphrase**

Type the passphrase you were given.

**4. Sign in with a new account**

Sign in with Google or an email code, using an account that isn't already on Curation Space. That account becomes the profile.

## Can I claim it with the account I already have?

No. A claim always needs a new account. If you're signed in, you'll see "Claiming this profile needs a new account." with **Sign out and continue**.

## What comes with the profile?

The profile and its curations, at the same addresses. A Managed Profile also brings its followers. A Collison Handoff has none to bring, since it couldn't be followed while held.

## What if the passphrase doesn't work?

Check it and type it again: "That passphrase doesn't match." means it wasn't accepted. You can try 5 times a minute; after that, you'll see "Too many attempts. Wait a minute, then try again." A Managed Profile's passphrase stops working after 14 days, so email [handoff@curation.space](mailto:handoff@curation.space) if yours is older.


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