- All About SoulPancake Jump to Section
- Account, Login, and Password Jump to Section
- Dashboard, Profile, and Settings Jump to Section
- Facebook and twitter Jump to Section
- Interacting with SoulPancake Jump to Section
- The Question Collective Jump to Section
- Following and Two-Way Friends Jump to Section
- Groups Jump to Section
- Contribute to SoulPancake Jump to Section
SoulPancake develops thought-provoking content and creative engagement opportunities that encourage people to explore what it means to be human. Founded in 2008 by actor Rainn Wilson (of NBC’s The Office), SoulPancake is fast-becoming a leading catalyst for interactions around Life’s Big Questions—topics such as art, philosophy, creativity, and spirituality. SoulPancake spans multiple distribution channels, from web to print to video to live events.
SoulPancake is whipped up by a supremely talented, devastatingly good-looking, team of writers, editors, software engineers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and all sorts of other creative geniuses from all over the world.
Actor Rainn Wilson co-created this site with two of his friends, Joshua Homnick and Devon Gundry. SoulPancake sprang out of their desire to create a space where people from all walks of life could discuss and question what it means to be human—a place to wrestle with the spiritual, philosophical, and creative journey that is life. They sat around one night trying to figure out what to call the site, and eliminated Spirit Waffle (too square) and Soul Casserole (because, let's be honest, casserole is a bitch to spell) before settling on the tasty SoulPancake.
Life's Big Questions tackle all those topics that we all think about but don't always get a chance to talk about—you know, the ones that gnaw at your innards but by bringing them up you're risking conversation suicide. We are going to go there (and wherever 'there' is may not always be pretty) so jump in, question away, and speak your mind.
These are interactive, hands-on posts where you can bust out your sketchbook, camera, stapler, or even your macrame kit. The individual expression of art and creativity is a powerful tool for exploring Life's Big Questions, so rock your smock and get your crafty on.
This is where you will find longer-form columns, interviews, and video profiles created by SoulPancake's team of opinionated, creative and thoughtful contributors.
You can read about SoulPancake's official terms of conduct in our Terms of Use. But in short, although we don't believe in censoring ideas or conversation, we do want to make sure that SoulPancake is a safe space for everyone to wrestle with Life's Big Questions. So if you're thinking about being a racist, porn-peddler, or general jackass, we may hire some muscle to escort you from the building.
You can send us a message via this fancy little form, or you can email us directly:
Technical Support: support (at) soulpancake (dot) com
General Questions: info (at) soulpancake (dot) com
Advertising Inquiries: advertising (at) soulpancake (dot) com
Media/Press: press (at) soulpancake (dot) com
Contribute: Click Here
Go here. Start typing. Signing up for an account should take you less than 30 seconds. (The world record is 7 seconds, in case you were wondering.)
To log into your account, simply click on the Login link at the top of any page on SoulPancake, or click here.
Simply visit this Password Reset page and follow the instructions. For security reasons, an auto-generated password will be sent to your email. Login to SoulPancake with that auto-generated password and change your password to whatever you want.
If you think your account was suspended, please email support (at) soulpancake (dot) com.
Your account information can be accessed by visiting your Settings. You can access this by selecting 'Settings' in the drop-down menu under your account name.
We are still working this into the site in the most non-destructive way. For now, get in touch with us and we will help you out.
When you are logged into your SoulPancake account, your dashboard is a landing page that is custom tailored for you, to give you easy access to the information that flows through SoulPancake—everything from fresh content, new threads, and your friends' activities. And remember: Your dashboard is precisely that... your dashboard, which means no one else can see it.
To view your profile, simply click your blue username text at the top right of any page and select "View profile". When not logged in, simply type soulpancake.com/people/[your username] into the browser.
Your profile displays a news feed which includes all your actions across SoulPancake, such as: questions you've submitted, responses you've posted, activities you've engaged in, posts you've liked, and new followers.
That number shows how many replies or direct messages you have received. Click on the number to see a snapshot of all your @replies and direct messages.
Go to your Settings, click on the "Picture" tab, and upload a new profile picture.
Go to your Settings, click on the Privacy tab, and opt in or out of displaying your full (first or last) name.
Go to your Settings and click on the Notifications tab. There, you can select which notifications you want to receive.
By integrating Facebook with SoulPancake, you can share all of your activity from around SoulPancake to your Facebook wall. You can also import any Facebook friends that are also members of SoulPancake and start following them.
Nope! We will never share any of your private information. Period.
Absolutely! You can manage what gets published to your Facebook wall by selecting which activity you would like to share from within your Facebook settings on SoulPancake. (view screenshot)
Please make sure that the content you wish to share is properly selected (view screenshot) from within your Facebook settings on SoulPancake.
You most certainly can! After successfully connecting your Facebook account to SoulPancake, simply click the "Import Friends" (view screenshot) button from within your Facebook settings, and SoulPancake will attempt to import all of your Facebook friends.
At this time, you can only import your Facebook friends. We are working on some great new features that will allow you to invite your friends from all across the web to join SoulPancake.
The little Facebook "F" icon (view screenshot) represents that you are logged in to SoulPancake through your Facebook account.
Yes, you can disable Facebook interaction at any time from the link at the bottom of your Facebook settings on SoulPancake. Additionally, you can disallow privileges for SoulPancake on Facebook itself.
By integrating SoulPancake with twitter, you can share all of your activity from around SoulPancake with your twitter followers. Also, you can include your twitter handle on your SoulPancake profile.
Of course you can! Simply select which content you wish to share from within your twitter settings on SoulPancake. You can select to auto-tweet your questions, responses and favorites (view screenshot). You can always go back and uncheck the boxes to stop tweeting at any time.
Please make sure that you've selected the checkboxes (activity you wish to share) from within your twitter settings on SoulPancake (view screenshot).
To disable your tweets, simply uncheck the tweet activity boxes and save your twitter settings. If you would like to completely disconnect your twitter account from SoulPancake, simply click the link at the bottom of your twitter settings. You can also remove SoulPancake tweeting permission over on Twitter itself.
Easy. First, make sure you're logged in. Then, simply click inside the 'What do you think?' box at the bottom of the post and add your thoughts!
First, make sure you're logged in. Then, simply click the reply button in the user's comment, and start typing!
First, make sure you're logged in. Then, simply click the Username of the user you want to direct message which will direct you to that user's Profile page. Next, click the 'Message' button above the user's Profile picture.
@Replies track when other members respond directly to something you've said on SoulPancake. You can view your direct replies in a number of places. For quick access, they'll be tracked in the utility bar at the top of any page on SoulPancake. You can also view them by going to the Replies page from your dashboard or by visiting your public profile and clicking on the @Replies tab. You can also view any other SoulPancake member's @Replies by visiting their profile page. Lastly, you can choose to be notified of new @Replies via email. To manage those notifications, go to your Settings, then click on the Notifications tab.
We are still working on our Search function. It's a super important feature for the site and to the SoulPancake community, so we don't want to half-ass it. It will be released as soon as it's ready, which we hope will be very soon.
On every page, you will see a unit of links allowing you to share content, whether it's a submission to the Question Collective, a Thread, or an article page. There is also a unit of sharing/social media links above the comment box. Simply click any of those links to share that piece of media across any of the provided Web sites or services (view screenshot).
Go here. Or, use the site's navigation to get there. Remember, you must first be logged into your SoulPancake account to submit a question to the Question Collective.
You can submit as many questions as you'd like, as often as you want. Whatever question you're chewing on, get the community in on it, and let the discussion begin.
You can edit your Question Collective submissions for up to 30 minutes. However, you cannot delete them. If, for some reason, you need to revise one of your previous submissions, please email support (at) soulpancake (dot) com with the details, and we'll respond as soon as possible.
To share a submission internally with your two-way friends on SoulPancake, simply select those you want to notify when you submit the question (view screenshot). To send your submission to sites such as Twitter and Facebook or via email, simply find the unit of links for sharing/social media (view screenshot) at the bottom of each submission and share away!
To follow another user, go to that member's profile page and click the Follow button next to their username. You will immediately begin to follow their SoulPancake activities, and updates will begin appearing in your Friends' Activity Stream in your dashboard.
Yes. If you would like to block a user from following your activities in their streams, go to your Followers list, locate that member, and click Options. From the flyout menu, select Block This User.
Two-way friends are people who follow each other's activities.
First, you need to begin following other user's activity in order to organize those members into groups. Once completed, go to your Groups Overview page. You can navigate to your Groups Overview page from the main dropdown menu (view screenshot), or from your overall Connections page (view screenshot). For quick managing, you can also create groups directly from the right sidebar (view screenshot). Once your groups are established, you can share your content with them.
As many as you like.
Groups allow each user to categorize the people he or she follows in the style of their own choosing, so others will not be notified if you add them to one of your groups. And you won't be notified if you are added to one of your friend's groups.
Yes. If you wish to delete or rename a group that you have created, go to your Manage Groups overview, and you will have all the control you need. Click edit to rename or delete each individual group (view screenshot). Remember that if you delete a group, only the group will be deleted; the friends you had in that group will still be your friends.
Your groups will be visible to all users. This gives all SoulPancake members the opportunity to discover new and interesting people. For instance, if you come across a group called Apple Lovers, you'll be able to view this group's members in order to friend new people with whom you have things in common.
We often interview and feature distinct, thought-provoking, and creative artists on SoulPancake. Please email a sample of your work to artists (at) soulpancake (dot) com and tell us a little bit about the Life's Big Questions you explore through your art.
We're always looking for creative geniuses to contribute to our content team. Please send in a sample of your work, and we'll get back to you if we think you may be a good fit!
Writers: contribute_writers (at) soulpancake (dot) com
Photographers/illustrators/etc: contribute_visual (at) soulpancake (dot) com
Filmmakers: contribute_video (at) soulpancake (dot) com
If you'd like to submit your artwork for consideration, send it to: contribute (at) soulpancake (dot) com, along with a link to your SoulPancake profile. The image should be able to be repeated seamlessly, GIF format and no larger than 75KB.
