Using The Hub
Spaces, rooms and channels
- A space is a home for a group. Spaces sit in the bar across the top; everyone starts in The Hub Lounge. Make your own with the + button: start empty, join with an invite link, or import a Discord server template.
- Rooms are voice: click one to join, and everyone in it can talk, turn on a camera or share a screen. Your call shows in the on-air dock at the bottom, with a timer and every control.
- Channels are text: messages, images, files, GIFs, stickers, replies, reactions and pins.
- Direct messages live under the speech-bubble button. They're end-to-end encrypted: the lock in the header shows it, and clicking it shows a safety number you can compare with the other person.
Roles and moderation
Space settings → Roles works like Discord: each role has a colour (or a gradient), an icon from the icon library (or an emoji, or your own picture), a font and permissions. Moderators have their own tools: see Moderation. A space can require the sensitive media filter for its channels (Space settings → Overview), and its owner can make it a community space, listed in Explore for anyone to join.
Your settings
| Tab | What's there |
|---|---|
| Profile | Avatar, decoration, banner, name style, space badge, and your badges with progress. |
| Rich Presence | What you're playing; a presence key for the desktop helper. |
| Emojis | Your own custom emojis. |
| Data and privacy | Who can message you, the sensitive media filter, your encryption devices, downloading or deleting your data. |
| Bots | Bots you've made, and their tokens. |
| Appearance | Night, Day, Monochrome, custom themes, accent colour, density. |
| Accessibility | Interface scale, reduce motion, high contrast, readable font, status shapes, text to speech. |
| Voice and video | Devices, the AI noise canceller, push to talk, automatic voice reduction. |
| Plugins | Turn installed plugins on or off, browse the plugin shop, and send your own. |
| Feedback | Report a bug, suggest a feature or review The Hub, and follow what happens to it. |
Little things worth knowing
- What's new: your profile menu (click your avatar, bottom left) has every update's patch notes.
- Mark as sensitive: before sending a file, the eye button on it blurs it for everyone.
- Easter eggs: there are a few. The Egg Hunter badge counts them.