Communities are structured communication spaces inside Onyx Chat.
A community can include:
- channels
- group discussions
- announcements
- member roles
- moderation controls
- invites
- shared media
- community notifications
Communities are designed for organized communication instead of large unstructured group chats.
Depending on the community type, a space can support:
- private membership
- public discovery
- invite-only access
- moderated posting
- broadcast channels
- role-based permissions
Communities
Community access panel
Choose a role to see channel access, posting, invites, moderation, and announcements.
Available action
Post
Available action
Reply
Available action
React
Available action
Mute channels
Community Structure
Every community includes:
- a community identity
- member access rules
- one or more channels
- role and moderation settings
- notification behavior
A community can contain:
- discussion channels
- announcement channels
- topic channels
- restricted channels
- role-specific channels
Some communities may also support:
- temporary event channels
- hybrid discussion/broadcast channels
- linked service channels
- community-only media access
Channels
Channels organize communication inside a community.
Channel types can include:
- discussion channels
- announcement channels
- broadcast-only channels
- restricted channels
Discussion channels support:
- messages
- replies
- media
- reactions
- pinned items
Broadcast channels may limit posting to:
- owners
- moderators
- approved accounts
- service accounts
Some channels can appear read-only depending on your role or membership state.
Membership
Community membership controls access to channels and actions inside the space.
Membership can appear as:
- active
- invited
- pending approval
- restricted
- removed
- banned
Access state can appear as:
- active
- pending review
- pending recheck
- revoked
- expired
If your membership changes, available actions inside the community can also change.
Some communities may require:
- invitation approval
- trust state requirements
- verification
- role assignment
- payment-linked access
- connected app eligibility
Roles And Permissions
Roles determine what you can do inside a community.
Roles can include:
- owner
- admin
- moderator
- member
- restricted member
- guest
Depending on your role, you may be able to:
- post messages
- create channels
- invite members
- pin content
- moderate conversations
- remove members
- manage permissions
- manage announcements
Some moderation actions can remain unavailable until trust or verification requirements are met.
Invites And Joining
Communities can support:
- invite links
- invite codes
- approval requests
- trusted-member invites
- restricted enrollment
- role-gated access
Joining behavior can vary depending on:
- community settings
- trust state
- verification state
- invite source
- moderation policy
If access is blocked, the app should explain:
- why the join failed
- whether approval is required
- whether verification is required
- whether the invite expired
Messages And Discussions
Community conversations support:
- text messages
- media
- files
- voice memos
- replies
- pinned content
- announcement posts
- promoted messages where enabled
Message state can appear as:
- pending
- sent
- delivered
- read
- failed
Some community actions can depend on:
- channel permissions
- moderation restrictions
- route availability
- trust state
- media policy
Large communities can apply:
- posting restrictions
- slow mode
- moderated approval
- attachment limits
- invite limits
Notifications
Community notifications can be:
- real time
- batched
- muted
- mentions only
- announcement priority
- digest-based
Large communities are designed to reduce notification overload through:
- muted defaults
- mention prioritization
- batched delivery
- announcement separation
Notification behavior can vary depending on:
- your role
- channel type
- moderation settings
- device permissions
Moderation And Safety
Communities support moderation and trust controls inside Onyx Chat.
Moderation features can include:
- message removal
- member restriction
- blocking
- reports
- invite restrictions
- role management
- posting controls
Some moderation actions may depend on:
- trust state
- role permissions
- community policy
- verification state
Community moderation is designed to reduce spam, impersonation, and abuse without turning communities into uncontrolled public feeds.
Identity And Communities
Communities are connected to Onyx ID.
Your profile, trust state, and permissions can affect:
- community visibility
- posting access
- moderation eligibility
- invite permissions
- trusted member status
Different communities can receive different profile visibility depending on:
- role
- relationship context
- permission scope
- community rules
Delivery And Availability
Communities are built on the same thread-centered communication model used throughout Onyx Chat.
Community conversations can include:
- encrypted native messaging
- delivery status
- attachment handling
- message delivery tracking
- presence state
- notification state
- media references
Onyx-native community messaging is encrypted by default.
What Can Affect Availability
Community features can vary depending on:
- region
- trust state
- moderation settings
- community permissions
- account verification
- delivery availability
- connected app restrictions
Some channels or actions may remain unavailable if:
- your role changes
- access expires
- moderation restricts the action
- verification is required
- the community disables the feature
The app should show unavailable actions before you attempt them.