OpenChat
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Each Community has a chat feature called OpenChat where community members can safely converse with each other in a group chat setting that is only viewable by community members. With OpenChat, members can network, share interests, communicate with community owners, and share information in real-time.
To access OpenChat in your community follow the instructions below:
Navigate to the community page you wish to chat in
Click "Open chat" to open the chat screen
Input messages in "write a message" and click the send icon to post in the chat
In the bottom left corner of the screen click the gray "+" to access your camera and your gallery, to post a gif, and to post a paid message
With OpenChat you can post almost anything in real-time conversations with other community members. These message types include:
Text
Photos taken and Videos recorded in real-time, as well as those saved on your device
Photo and Video uploaded from phone gallery
Web Links
OpenGraph Links
Every message in OpenChat acts similar to a Conversation on Zion. Every message can get reacted to with an emoji, boosted, an commented on in a thread. Comments on message threads can be any type of media accepted in OpenChat messages.
To comment, react or view a message thread please follow the instructions below:
Navigate to the community page where the message you would like to interact is
Click "Open chat" to open the chat screen
Navigate to the message you would like to review and double tap it. This will give you the option to:
React with an emoji
Reply to the message
Copy
Pin the message(Community Administrators only)
Copy the link to the message to send in the Zion app or outside of Zion
Report content that breaks community rules
Boost the message to give SATS to the post's owner
Delete the message if you are a community admin, or if you sent the message
In communities where owners have turned on payed messages, members can post messaged where community members must pay to view.
To create a paid message follow the intstructions below:
Navigate to the community page where the message you would like post a paid message in
Click "Open chat" to open the chat screen
In the bottom left corner of the screen click the gray "+"
Click "Paid message",
Enter the amount of SATS you want members to pay to unlock your message content and click "Continue"
Input messages in "write a message" and click the send icon to post in the chat. Additionally, make sure the send icon is gold and not gray. If your send icon is not gold then the message will not be a paid message
