Communities
Who this is for: organizers who need Discord-style spaces with channels, roles, events, and durable member history.
Privacy mode: Shared — not sealed like 1:1.
What it is
Shared spaces with text channels, categories, roles, permissions, events, moderation, and durable history.
How to use
- Create a community (free: 1 active; Premium: 200).
- Set an optional unique
@handleand choose whether the Community is public. - Set up channels / categories and roles.
- Invite members; moderate with bans / audit tools as available.
- Optional: channel passwords, join approval, and member-list visibility.
- Post text and media; late joiners see backscroll within retention.
Public Communities can appear in global search. Private Communities are reached through their allowed invite/join paths and are not public-directory results.
Privacy strip
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Transport | TLS in transit only |
| Text / captions | Plaintext at rest; Buzzio can read it; no server-held DEK privacy model |
| Media | CDN bytes on Bunny without at-rest encryption + signed URLs; content-hash dedup (Phase 1+2 in source / rolling out). Legacy .enc may remain until cleared |
| Retention | ~365 days + media-pool / plan limits |
| Sold as ads data? | Never |
Use 1-to-1, Whisper private chat, or E2E groups for sealed-operator secrecy. Dedup: Shared media deduplication.
Roles (summary)
| Role idea | Meaning |
|---|---|
| @everyone | Default baseline permissions |
| Creator | Owner |
| Creator Administrator | High-privilege deputy |
| Custom roles | Named roles with colors, order, permissions |
Limits
- Free: 1 active community owned at a time. Premium: 200.
- Designed for up to 10,000 members per Community.
- Shared-mode operator visibility is intentional.
- Media quotas / pool limits may apply.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting · create blocked · Premium and quotas.