# OpenChat
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.
### Accessing OpenChat
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](#paid-messages)
### Message Types
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
### Message Threads
Every message in OpenChat acts similar to a [Conversation](https://guide.zion.fyi/using-zion/conversations) 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
### Paid Messages
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**
