BeatPass collaboration is invite-based. Turning on Collaborative does not make a playlist editable by everyone who can see it; editing stays limited to the owner and accepted collaborators.
Who Can Do What
| Action | Owner | Accepted collaborator | Follower or public viewer |
|---|
| View public playlist | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| View private playlist | Yes | Yes | No |
| Add tracks | Yes | Yes | No |
| Remove tracks | Yes | Yes | No |
| Edit name, image, description, privacy | Yes | No | No |
| Invite collaborators | Yes | No | No |
| Delete playlist | Yes | No | No |
Creating A Collaborative Playlist
You can enable collaboration in either place:
- While creating a new playlist
- Later by editing the playlist or toggling Collaborative from the playlist context menu
When collaboration is on, the playlist form uses the description: Invite other users to add tracks.
Inviting People
The current collaboration flow works like this:
Turn on collaboration
The playlist must have Collaborative enabled first.
Open the collaborator tools
Owners get an Invite action inside the playlist’s collaborator section.
Select users
Search for users and send invites.
Wait for acceptance
A user only becomes an editor after they accept the invitation.
Leaving A Collaborative Playlist
If you are an invited editor instead of the owner:
- The playlist can still appear as Following in your UI.
- Unfollowing triggers the collaborative-leave confirmation flow.
- Leaving removes your editor access instead of simply hiding the playlist.
Privacy Still Applies
Collaboration and privacy are separate:
- Public + collaborative: everyone can view, but only the owner and accepted editors can modify tracks.
- Private + collaborative: only the owner and accepted editors can view the playlist at all.
BeatPass does not use open edit links for playlist collaboration. If someone has not accepted an invite, they do not have editor access.
