Communities

Channels & sections

Structuring a community — text and voice channels, private channels, drag-and-drop ordering.

Channels live in collapsible sections; community admins manage both from the sidebar.

  • Text channels — the standard message timeline.
  • Voice channels — live voice & video rooms; hidden entirely on text-only servers.
  • Private channels — visible only to explicitly granted members and groups; invisible to everyone else. Details in Private channels & invites.
  • Read-only channels — everyone reads, only moderators post. Built for announcements.

Read-only channels

A channel flagged read-only accepts posts from channel moderators (and up) only; the composer is disabled for everyone else. An optional companion toggle — allow replies — lets regular members respond in threads under the announcements while the timeline itself stays moderator-only: one post per topic, discussion tucked into its thread.

Tip

Read-only + replies-allowed makes a tidy announcements-with-comments channel; read-only alone is a pure broadcast feed.

Ordering

Reordering is drag-and-drop, per section, for both sections and the channels within them.

Members personalize their own view: favorite channels pin into a Favorites section, hidden channels collapse away — see Account & preferences.