1. Community access
A Level 3 Stage can use creator-configured sections for pinned activity, discussions, upcoming events, new members, recent content, and an optional leaderboard. Its navigation contains the Stage's real channels and Members; Events and Leaderboard appear only when those capabilities are available.
| Viewer | What can be visible | Participation boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous visitor | Published posts in public enabled channels and visible upcoming events | Sign in is required to post, RSVP, open the member directory, or use account-based interactions |
| Signed-in nonmember | Public visible content and events | A completed profile can RSVP to a visible event and use object actions when allowed, but cannot create member posts or open member-only directory and leaderboard views |
| Active Stage member | Public channels plus non-public channels included in the active plan | Can post only in an eligible Community Chat channel that allows member posts; directory and optional gamification access apply |
| Stage admin | All non-deleted Stage channels when not banned | Management remains permission-based; Stage-admin identity does not grant every administrative action |
| Banned viewer | No Stage channels, events, directory, or leaderboard | The ban also blocks Stage interactions and RSVP changes, even for otherwise public content |
2. Discussions & interactions
A visible Community Chat channel returns published, non-pending posts in chronological order. Its post cards use the same implementation as other Stage discussions.
- Rich text, photo media, embedded video, and polls when present
- Author identity and an optional member-level label
- Like, dislike, comment count, bookmark, and detail navigation
- Comments and replies through thread level 3 when new comments are allowed
- Comment like/dislike and author-owned comment deletion
New comments and replies follow a server access check. A creator can close them or limit them to eligible paid members, while existing comments can remain readable. The comment author can delete their comment; an authorized community administrator can also delete it. Deletion removes that comment and its reply tree.
The current post surface has no repost, quote-post, arbitrary emoji-reaction family, member-role label, report action, or private-message action.
3. Publish a member post
The composer is shown above an empty or populated discussion only after the posting-access endpoint confirms every requirement below.
- You are signed in with a completed audience profile.
- You have an active membership for that Stage.
- You are not banned from the Stage.
- The Stage has the Community capability available.
- Your membership can access the selected Community Chat channel.
- The channel has member posting enabled.
- Eligible member opens the fixed channel composer
- Save a draft or submit for publication
- Publish now or enter pending review
- Approval publishes; rejection stays unpublished
Audience mode locks the selected Community Chat channel and removes scheduling. Saving a draft alone does not put the post in the moderation queue. If publication fails, the editor keeps the work as a draft rather than claiming it is live.
4. Approval & moderation
A channel with approval disabled publishes an eligible valid submission immediately. With approval enabled, submission makes the post unpublished and pending until a qualified Stage administrator reviews it.
- Approve
- Publishes the post, clears its pending state, and notifies the author.
- Reject
- Keeps the post unpublished, clears the pending state, stores an optional bounded reason, and notifies the author.
- Edit after review
- A reviewable change to a pending or previously rejected member post can send it through review again.
5. Member directory
The member directory is not public. It requires Community, a completed signed-in profile, no Stage ban, and either an active Stage membership or community-member admin permission.
| Area | Current behavior |
|---|---|
| Access | Signed-in completed profile, no Stage ban, and an active Stage membership or community-member admin permission |
| Visibility | Only Stage profiles whose members opted into the directory; your own profile remains available to you |
| Browse | 24 profiles at a time with Load more, display-name search, and Top points, Newest, or Most active sorting |
| Profile | Display name, bio, currently working on, up to 10 interests, and a Show me in the member directory setting |
| Progress | Total points are displayed; level and badge presentation follows the Stage's optional gamification and member-badge settings |
Your Stage profile is separate from your account profile. You control its display name, bio, current focus, interests, and directory visibility for that Stage. When Gamification is available, the member page can filter the directory by Levels 1–5.
6. Events & RSVP
Events are an independent optional capability. The public list returns current and upcoming non-cancelled events in start-time order when the event and any linked discussion channel are visible to you.
| Area | Current behavior |
|---|---|
| View | Visible current and upcoming events can show cover, title, description, creator timezone, location, attendee and waitlist counts, and live state |
| RSVP eligibility | A signed-in completed profile, no ban, a visible event, and a scheduled or live event that has not ended |
| Choices | I'm going, Maybe, or Can't make it |
| Capacity | A Going choice becomes waitlisted when the event is full; the earliest waitlisted attendee can be promoted when capacity opens |
| Join link | Visible to Stage admins or confirmed Going/Maybe viewers—not anonymous, declined, or waitlisted viewers |
| Calendar and reminders | Google Calendar and .ics actions are available; creator-configured reminders target Going/Maybe attendees |
A detail page can link to a visible discussion channel. It shows aggregate attendance and waitlist counts, but the audience surface does not expose the creator's attendee list.
7. Points, badges & leaderboard
Community, Events, and Gamification are separate optional Stage capabilities. One being available does not guarantee the other two.
| Capability | Audience surface |
|---|---|
| Community | Post-based discussion, eligible member posting, approval when configured, and the opt-in member directory |
| Events | Upcoming-event discovery, detail, RSVP, waitlist, join-link gating, calendar actions, and configured reminders |
| Gamification | Configured points, streaks, levels, badges, member progress, and This week or All time leaderboard views |
When Gamification is available and enabled, creator-configured qualifying actions can award points for posts, comments, likes received, replies received, event participation, and completed lessons. Awards are subject to a 30-second cooldown and a configurable daily cap. Configured streak bonuses, 100-point level increments, and creator-defined badges can also apply.
The signed-in member leaderboard has This week and All time views. The Help Center does not prescribe point values, badge names, or ranks, and completing an action does not guarantee points when the capability, action value, cooldown, or cap prevents an award.
8. Bans & current safety limits
An authorized Stage administrator can remove posts or comments and create a permanent Stage ban. A ban blocks the member's Stage content, interactions, directory, gamification, and event RSVP access.
Not implemented in the current audience surface
- No audience report button or report queue
- No warning workflow or temporary restriction or mute
- No appeal, restoration, or member-blocking control
- No member roles, direct messages, or member-to-member follows
- No real-time chat, typing indicator, online presence, or read receipts
- No Stage-guidelines builder or audience guidelines panel
Creator word filters can mask matching returned text. They do not reject the submission and are not a substitute for a report, warning, blocking, or appeal workflow.
9. Read next
Continue with the guide for Stage access, content discovery, or the payment path behind a membership.