We are thrilled to present fresh additions to our community group features: Private Channels and Channel Emojis. These enhancements, available on both mobile and web versions, improve privacy and customization options for your community.
New Features
Private Channels:
The long-anticipated feature is finally here. Private channels within community groups can now be created in order to maintain certain content confidential. Group admins and owners are entitled to establish new private channels or turn existing public ones into private.
How to Use:
- Create a new channel and activate the private channel toggle, or modify an existing channel into private by accessing the channel settings, navigate to the settings tab and select the option to switch to a private channel.
- After transitioning the channel to private mode, reopen the channel settings, click on the members tab and start adding members to the channel. A member can be designated as a channel manager, granting them exclusive admin privileges for that particular channel.
Things to Note
- The group owner and channel creator will automatically become channel managers in the private channel.
- A channel manager is somewhat similar to an admin of that specific channel and group roles like group admin will not carry over into a private channel.
- A group owner cannot exit a private channel.
- If a channel is private, it will not be visible in the channel list unless you are a member of it.
Channel Emojis:
Emojis can now be added as channel icons, adding a fun element to your channels.