Help guide

Chat

Chat (/chat) combines direct messages, place-based group rooms, political entity threads, and games lobbies. Local rooms unlock when your home town is set.

Step-by-step

1Open Chat in the nav or go to /chat.
2Direct messages: start from a member profile (?dm=slug) or an existing connection in the sidebar.
3Group chats: town and regional rooms appear when your home address matches; set home town in profile/settings if rooms are locked.
4Political discussions: open Discuss on a politics action to join its entity chat, or use ?politicalActionItem= on /chat.
5Community events are sometimes discussed in the external NoChat:Events Affinity group — not inside in-app Chat.
6Use tabs in the chat UI to switch between connections, social place chats, politics, and games lobbies.

Where to go

Troubleshooting

If Chat redirects home, chat may be disabled for your rollout cohort — check with an admin.
Locked local rooms usually mean home town is unset or does not match the place scope.
DM errors often mean the other profile slug was not found or you are not connected yet.

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Help guide

Chat

Chat (/chat) combines direct messages, place-based group rooms, political entity threads, and games lobbies. Local rooms unlock when your home town is set.

Step-by-step

1Open Chat in the nav or go to /chat.
2Direct messages: start from a member profile (?dm=slug) or an existing connection in the sidebar.
3Group chats: town and regional rooms appear when your home address matches; set home town in profile/settings if rooms are locked.
4Political discussions: open Discuss on a politics action to join its entity chat, or use ?politicalActionItem= on /chat.
5Community events are sometimes discussed in the external NoChat:Events Affinity group — not inside in-app Chat.
6Use tabs in the chat UI to switch between connections, social place chats, politics, and games lobbies.

Where to go

Troubleshooting

If Chat redirects home, chat may be disabled for your rollout cohort — check with an admin.
Locked local rooms usually mean home town is unset or does not match the place scope.
DM errors often mean the other profile slug was not found or you are not connected yet.

Related guides

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