Membership roles

Membership roles help us foster a more intimate community. They give us progressively more possibilities for connection as we participate. For example, when you make your first post, you will be granted access to a private a room which is only visible to people who have recently posted.

Visitor

Visitors are those who have no membership roles. Currently, anyone who has not posted in over 60 days is a visitor.

Visitors can...

Post (and react) in most rooms

Proposed: We propose adding new Member and Inactive Member roles to recognize those who have made the effort to join our community and participate, but have had to step away for some time.

Guest

The Guest role is granted to those who have posted in the last 60 days.

In addition to what Visitors can do, Guests can...

Post in #connect, a room just for guests and members
Share pictures and links
Create threads and polls
Use custom stickers and emojis

Guests who haven't posted for 60 days are transitioned back to the Visitor role.

Proposed: To help us develop a more trusting and rewarding environment for members, Guests would be transitioned to the new Inactive role after 14 days of inactivity. See the description of the Inactive role below for more details.

Proposed: Currently, posting is the only form of activity that counts towards gaining or keeping membership roles. We propose counting "reactions" as a form of activity too. Posting would be the only form of activity that would count towards gaining new membership roles. However posting and reacting would count towards keeping existing membership roles.

Active Member

The Active Member role is granted to those who have posted on at least 4 different days in the last 60 days.

In addition to what Guests can do, Active members can...

Post in member rooms: #community, #community-improvement, and #projects
Post in active member rooms: #test-results-amendments-and-inoculants, and #off-topic
Choose their name-tag color
Share voice messages
Create private threads
Add custom emojis and stickers to the server

Active Members who haven't posted in the last 30 days are transitioned back to the Guest role.

Proposed: Once people put forth the effort to connect with us and become a member, we continue to recognize them as members, even when they are less active. Instead of transitioning back to a Guest, Active Members would be transitioned to the new "Member" role after 30 days of inactivity.

Member (proposed)

Members have the same permissions as Guests, however, Members...

Can post in member rooms: #community, #community-improvement, and #projects
Get to keep their name-tag color
Only need to post on 2 days in a 30-day period to regain the Active Member role

Grace period: Those who post within 3 days of losing their Active Member role instantly regain the role.

Inactive (proposed)

Visitors who haven't posted for 7 days, and Guests who haven't posted for 14 days, are transitioned to the Inactive role.

Those who are inactive...

Can only see #welcome, #announcements, and a special empty room called #quiet-garden
Can become a Visitor again by reacting with a 👍 to the post in #quiet-garden

Inactive Member (proposed)

Members who haven't posted for 60 days are transitioned to the Inactive Member role.

Inactive Members have the same abilities as those who are inactive with two exceptions...

Inactive Members keep their name-tag color
Inactive Members become Members again (instead of Visitors) when they react with a 👍 in #quiet-garden

Inactive members who haven't posted for 365 days are transitioned to the Inactive role and lose their name-tag color.