Collaborate within channels#

Available on all plans

Cloud and self-hosted deployments

Channels are where you connect, collaborate, and communicate with your studio about various topics or projects, manage and transfer files between each other. Use channels to organize conversations across different topics. as you’re sending messages, replying to messages, participating in conversation threads, and view and operate files.

You’re added to default channels automatically#

Everyone who joins a Fangout studio is automatically added to the Meme channel. See our Channel Types documentation for details.

Note

The Meme channel can’t be archived, and users can’t leave this default channel.

Channel sidebar#

In the channel sidebar on the left, you’ll find all of the the channels you’re a member of as well as useful channel management tools. See the channel types to learn about the types of channels available, how they work, and how to identify them in the channel sidebar. Learn how to create channels by visiting the create channels documentation.

As your channel sidebar fills up with channels you’ve joined, you can organize your channels into categories based on how you work. See the customize your channel sidebar documentation for details.

Learn more#

Learn more about collaborating within Fangout channels:

Channel naming conventions - Learn why channel names are important.
Communicate a channel’s focus and scope - Learn how to communicate a channel’s scope and focus.
Browse channels - Browse all available public channels you can join, and all channels you’re a member of.
Join and leave channels - Learn how to start or stop being a channel member.
Navigate between channels - Learn how to navigate between channels.
Create channels - Create channels to organize discussion by topic, project, or focus.
Rename a channel - Rename channels to make them more discoverable.
Manage channel members - Add and remove users from channels.
Mark channels as favorites - Mark commonly visited channels as favorites.
Mark channels as unread - Mark channels unread to return to messages later.
Archive and unarchive channels - Keep the number of available channels manageable.