Features
What you can doin Hubs today.
Stay in a voice room while you read other channels, run a Q&A from a stage, or watch a video with friends. And when you've been away, Catch me up tells you what you missed.
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The short version.
The parts of Hubs people use every day, in a sentence each.
- CallsVoice, video and screen share. Your call keeps going when you switch channels or hubs.
- StagesFor Q&As and town halls. A few people speak while everyone else listens.
- MeetingsSend a meeting link. Guests wait in a lobby and check their camera until you let them in.
- Watch togetherEveryone in a voice room sees the same video at the same moment.
- ExpressionsReact with emoji or your hub's own stickers. A hub can also open a sticker wall for members to pin stickers and notes.
- Catch me upA list of what you missed, with a link to each message.
Calls
The call follows you.
Join a voice room, then go read another channel. The call stays with you in the Live Island at the top of the window. Pop it out when you want to see faces.
- Live nowSee who's in before you join.
- JoinedKeep browsing. The call comes with you.
- Pop out videoFaces float above whatever you're reading.
- Dock beside the chatOn a wide screen, talk and type side by side.
Stages
Run a Q&A without everyone talking at once.
Only the people on stage can talk. Everyone else listens. If a listener has a question, they raise a hand and the host can bring them up.
- Moderators decide who is on stage, and can move people off it
- Works for patch notes, AMAs, class talks and town halls
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3 hands raisedThe host invites speakers up
Watch together
Press play once and everyone sees it.
Share a video in a voice room and it plays at the same spot for everyone there. You keep talking the whole time.
- YouTube and direct video links
- Play, pause and seek stay in sync
- Hubs never copies the video
- A hub admin turns it on in Manage, under Features
Movie nightin sync
Catch me up
See what you missed.
After a day away, Catch me up reads a channel or a whole hub for you. It pulls out what people decided, what mentions you and what's coming up.
- Each line links back to the message it came from
- With the hub's AI turned on, the lines come as a short summary instead of picked messages
- You can also get it as a daily or weekly digest, in Activity or by email
While you were awayGeneral · since yesterday
DecidedScrims move to Thursday
For youKit asked about your bracket
NextWeekend Cup on Saturday
Essentials
The jobs you'd add a bot for are already here.
Every hub can turn these on, and you choose which ones your members see. They use the roles you already have, so there's no bot to host or keep running.
- 69features every hub can turn on
- 0bots needed to start
- Build your own bots when you want more
Run your hub
Plan, answer questions and keep the work moving.
- EventsPeople RSVP and get a reminder. Export a hub's events as a calendar file.
- BoardThreads with replies, tags and an accepted answer.
- SupportPrivate help threads between a member and your staff.
- DocumentsShared docs and canvases that people edit together.
- WorkflowsAutomatic replies and routines for the jobs that repeat.
Bring people together
Places to talk, play and watch, with friends or a crowd.
- Live roomsSee who is in each voice room, or turn a room into a stage.
- Looking for groupPost what you want to play and find people who want the same.
- Watch togetherEveryone in a voice room sees the same video at the same moment.
- Polls & challengesPolls, challenges and recognition for members who help.
- GamesTrivia, word chain and tic-tac-toe, played right in a channel.
Keep it safe
Tools that stop trouble early and show staff what happened.
- Message filtersWord lists and link rules, with a queue for anything held back.
- Verification gateNew members verify before they can post or join voice.
- Raid shieldRaises its guard when a surge of new members joins at once.
- Discipline ladderStrikes that add up to timeouts and bans, and fade with time.
- Event logA staff log of joins, edits, deletions and role changes.
Reward and grow
Thank the people who show up, and help new ones find their feet.
- Community rewardsMembers who opt in earn XP for taking part. Enough XP can earn a role.
- GiveawaysWrite the rules and set a closing time. Winners are drawn at random.
- Welcome and celebrationsA welcome for new members, and a note on their join anniversary.
- Community statsMembers, who is online and this week's activity, on Home.
All 69 features, by group.
Each one is a switch in Manage, under Features. Turn on what your hub needs. Turning one off hides it everywhere, and nothing is deleted.
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Plan, answer questions and keep the work moving.
- EventsPlan events, take RSVPs and send reminders.
- BoardThe hub's forum: posts with replies, accepted answers and tags, and up and down votes if you turn them on.
- SupportHelp requests, help answers and the support desk.
- DocumentsShared documents and canvases.
- CoursesCourses with sections and lessons, quizzes, progress, certificates and rewards on completion. Off until you turn it on.
- WorkTasks, projects and meeting notes.
- WorkflowsAutomatic replies and routines.
- Publishing studioPlan and schedule announcements.
- ApplicationsApplication forms and the review queue.
- PeopleThe People page and the people on Home. Mentions and profiles still work.
- Connections & archivesApps and links, calendar import and sync, and imported archives.
- Slash commandsThe / menu in the message box: built-in actions and the hub's own commands.
- Structure toolsStructure snapshots and comparisons, the access map, and the Who can see this line on channels.
- Hub backupsSaved copies of roles, categories, channels, gates and settings.
- TranslationA Translate action on messages, and channels that translate everything into one language. Uses the hub's AI switch and limit.
- Assistant repliesThe hub's AI answers in the channels you choose, and privately with /ask. Uses the hub's AI switch and limit.
- Suggested postsDrafts posts when rules match (an event coming up, a quiet channel, a member milestone) for staff to approve. Uses the hub's AI when it is on.
- Question radarFinds questions nobody answered and questions people keep asking, in public channels you pick, and turns good answers into FAQ entries you publish. Uses the hub's AI when it is on. Off until you turn it on.
- AI structure suggestionsThe hub's AI suggests channels, groups and roles for the builder, which you preview before anything changes. Off until you turn it on.
- AI support triageThe hub's AI suggests a priority and a one-line summary for new help requests, for staff to accept. Off until you turn it on.
- AI support answersThe hub's AI drafts an answer to new help requests for staff to review, or answers directly if the owner allows it. Off until you turn it on.
- WorkflowsWhen someone joins, reacts or posts, welcome them, give a role or tell staff, with no bot to host. Off until you turn it on.
- Profile fieldsQuestions on member profiles, like team or time zone, that you set and members answer. Off until you turn it on.
- Feedback boardMembers post ideas and bug reports in one channel, vote and follow. Staff set a status and voters hear about it. Off until you turn it on.
- Request tagsStaff label support requests with your own tags and filter the desk by them. Off until you turn it on.
- Channel bookmarksA bar of links at the top of channels, kept by channel moderators. Off until you turn it on.
- Incoming webhooksLet your other tools post into a channel through a private, signed link, with a rate limit on each link. Off until you turn it on.
- Hub bot nameWelcome posts, level-ups, feeds and other automatic posts come from a bot with your hub's own name and color instead of the owner. Off until you turn it on.
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Places to talk, play and watch, with friends or a crowd.
- Live roomsThe page that lists every voice room, and turning rooms into stages. Voice rooms stay in the sidebar.
- Looking for groupPosts to find people to play or work with.
- Watch togetherSynced YouTube and video playback inside voice rooms. Rooms keep working without it.
- Polls & challengesPolls, challenges and recognition.
- GamesTrivia, word chain and tic-tac-toe, played in channels from the / menu. Nothing is wagered.
- Join-to-create roomsLobbies that open a voice room of your own, which closes once it is empty.
- Listening queueA shared queue for Watch and listen in channels, with DJ controls and vote to skip.
- Chat in voice roomsA text chat for each voice room, beside the call, so people can share links and notes while they talk. Meetings and stages have their own chat either way. On until you turn it off.
- GIFsSearch and send GIFs from every message box, rated PG unless you choose another rating. On until you turn it off.
- Link previewsA card under links to outside sites with the page title and picture, fetched by Hubs. On until you turn it off.
- Voice message transcriptsVoice messages in this hub also show as text, from the server's transcription service. Off until you turn it on.
- Live captionsEach person can turn on captions in voice rooms and meetings, with translation when Translation is on. Uses the hub's AI switch and caption minutes. Off until you turn it on.
- Automatic captionsDemo recordings get captions made by the server's transcription service, which hears their sound. Off until you turn it on.
- Draw on shared screensPeople in a voice room can draw quick marks over a shared screen. Marks fade after a few seconds, and the presenter can turn drawing off. Off until you turn it on.
- Activities in callsGames and small apps everyone in a voice room's call uses together: a quiz, draw and guess, checkers and apps your bots offer. Off until you turn it on.
- App panels in chatA button in a bot's message can open the bot's app in a panel, right in the chat. Off until you turn it on.
- Music in voice roomsA shared queue of YouTube songs in voice rooms with DJ controls and vote to skip, played through Watch together. Off until you turn it on.
- Game profilesMembers can add the game they play, their role and their rank to their profile in this hub. Off until you turn it on.
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Tools that stop trouble early and show staff what happened.
- Message filtersWord lists, patterns, link and media rules, and the queue of messages held for review.
- Verification gateNew members verify before they can post, react or join voice rooms.
- Raid shieldShield levels that rise during join surges, join review and raid replay.
- Discipline ladderStrikes that add up to timeouts, removals and bans, with decay and probation.
- Event logA staff log of joins, leaves, edits, deletions and role changes, with export.
- Trap channelsBait channels that hold anyone new who posts in them.
- Shared ban listOne ban list shared with the other hubs of this hub's organization.
- Voice protectionLimits on hopping between voice rooms, and voice-only timeouts.
- Automatic containmentPauses an admin's powers when a protection rule sees a burst of their actions.
- AI second opinionThe hub's AI gives staff a second opinion on held messages before they decide. It never decides. Off until you turn it on.
- Mood trendsA daily AI mood reading for the channels you pick, with staff alerts when a channel turns sour. Off until you turn it on.
- AI safety digestAn AI written summary on top of the weekly safety report, by email to staff who ask for it. Off until you turn it on.
- Moderator copilotThe hub's AI suggests a next step on private incidents; staff confirm before anything happens. Off until you turn it on.
- Ban signalsTells staff when someone who joins was banned in two or more other hubs that also share, never which hubs or why. Off until you turn it on.
- Returning member checkTells staff when a new account with a name like someone you banned this month joins. It never reads addresses or devices. Off until you turn it on.
- Edit historyKeeps earlier versions of edited messages for the author and moderators. Off until you turn it on.
- Shared safety listsPublish your ban and scam lists, and use lists from hubs you trust. Off until you turn it on.
Reward and grow6
Thank the people who show up, and help new ones find their feet.
- Community rewardsPoints, levels, a rewards catalog and community tools.
- GiveawaysPrize draws with entries and winners.
- Welcome and celebrationsA welcome for new members, join and leave posts, welcome cards and join anniversaries.
- Community statsA few live numbers on Home: members, who is online or in voice, and this week's activity.
- FollowersPeople can follow one announcement channel from your public page without joining, and comment if you allow it. Off until you turn it on.
- Supporter rolesGives roles to members another service lists as supporters, once they connect with their own code. Off until you turn it on.
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