Status: Coming Soon Private one-to-one messaging between community members. Designed and in active development — not yet available in your community.
Overview
The Chat module brings real-time private one-to-one conversations to your TribeCrafter community. Members can message each other directly alongside the public newsfeed — no purchase, connection, or follow required (any verified, onboarded member can message any other member).
The first release focuses on doing 1:1 messaging really well. Group chat and several power features are planned for a later phase (see below).
What's in the first release
Direct Messages (1:1)
- Start a private conversation with any other member.
- Send text, images, files, and GIFs, plus shared links with rich previews (the same link previews you see in the newsfeed).
- Reply to quote and respond to a specific message.
- React to messages with emoji.
Staying in sync
- Read receipts — see when your message has been seen.
- Typing indicators — see when the other person is typing.
- Online presence — see who's currently online.
- Unread counts — a badge per conversation and a global unread count on the chat icon.
Controls
- Mute a conversation to silence its notifications.
- Block a member — blocked members can't message you.
Where to find it
- A chat icon in the navigation bar.
- A Message button on member profiles.
Planned for a later phase
These are designed for after the first release and are not in the initial version:
- Group chat (multi-person conversations, group name/icon, member management)
- Voice messages and camera capture
- Forwarding messages to another conversation
- Editing and deleting sent messages
- @mentions inside chat
- In-chat reporting / moderation
- Audio and video calls
Related
- Managing Members
- Connections and Social Graph
- Notification System