Engine

Nearby signals should be useful, fresh, and limited.

DOS is designed to reduce noisy matches by considering distance, recency, user visibility, activity heartbeat, and cooldown behavior.

DistanceNearby first

Profiles closer to the selected radius are prioritized.

FreshnessRecent signals

Stale locations should not dominate nearby discovery.

VisibilityUser controlled

If visibility is off, the user should not appear.

CooldownAnti-spam

Notifications should not repeat aggressively.