Overview
It is easy to create a raft, but the real fun comes from building a community. Rafts can be created by anybody on Raftr. We provide tools to customize, build, and manage your community; this is a big responsibility, but it is very rewarding. It is important to keep your raft vibrant and attract broad membership; we delete rafts that do not achieve this to free up their names for others that wish to take on this responsibility.
As creator of the raft, you are designated as the raft’s leader (RL) and this comes with various rights and responsibilities. You get to select co-leader(s) and curators. Together a raft’s leader, co-leader(s), and curator(s) are its “raft admin.”
Why Set Raft Administrator Levels
- Admins can help moderate content throughout the raft
- Admins control and adjust raft settings and have advanced content control features
- Some access levels allows administrators to release members who abuse the raft rules
Raft Leader Roles
Raft Rights Available | Role |
Change name | Leader |
Change tagline | Leader / Co-Leader |
Change icon | Leader / Co-Leader |
Add/ change cover image | Leader / Co-Leader |
Invite members (on by-request and invite-only rafts) | Leader / Co-Leader |
Suggest members (on by-request and invite-only rafts) | Curator |
Accept/ reject member requests (on by-request rafts) | Leader / Co-Leader |
Promote or demote members | Leader: All admin ranks Co-Leader: Can promote to/demote from Co-Leader and Curator ranks Curator: Can promote to/demote from Curator rank |
Release any members from your raft in member management | Leader: All members Co-Leader: All members except Leader Curator: All members except Leader or Co-Leaders |
Update category/topics | Leader / Co-Leader |
Add/ change location | Leader / Co-Leader |
Add/ change description | Leader / Co-Leader |
Add/ change welcome message | Leader / Co-Leader |
Add/ change rules | Leader / Co-Leader |
ProRafts only: Create custom chat channels | Leader / Co-Leader / Curator |
Change privacy settings | Leader / Co-Leader |
Pin posts | Leader / Co-Leader / Curator |
Remove posts created by other members | Leader: Posts (of all types) created by any raft member Co-Leader: Posts (of all types) created by any raft member other than the Leader |
Freeze to temporarily prevent access from all members to the raft and all its channels | Leader / Co-Leader |
Permanently ban any members from your raft, and all its channels, in member management | Leader: All members Co-Leader: All members except Leader |
Restrict members so that they cannot create posts, comments, or chat messages on any raft channels | Leader: All members Co-Leader: All members except Leader Curator: All members except Leader or Co-Leaders |
Review flagged posts to be able to take appropriate follow-up action | Leader / Co-Leader |
Manage permissions to create posts and event | Leader / Co-Leader |
Manage permissions to create chat channels | Leader / Co-Leader |
Manage cross posting | Leader / Co-Leader |
Manage auto-join | Leader / Co-Leader |
Manage “users can leave” | Leader / Co-Leader |
Leader
A leader has the ability to update the name, icon, teaser/tagline, description, rules, welcome message, cover image, pin posts, promote, demote and release any member if necessary.
Co-Leader
A co-leader has the ability to pin posts, promote the curator or co-leader, demote ranks, and release any member if necessary, except the raft Leader.
Curator
A curator has the ability to pin posts, promote to Curator rank, demote from Curator rank, and release any member except Leader or Co-Leader
Channel Leader Roles
Similarly, channel leaders and co-leaders have access to tools designed to help managed their channels. Please note: A user DOES NOT need to be a raft leader or co-leader in order to be granted leadership roles within the channel.
Rights Available | Role |
Adjust privacy settings | Leader / Co-Leader |
Approve or deny join requests | Leader / Co-Leader |
Approve suggested members | Leader / Co-Leader |
Change description | Leader / Co-Leader |
Change icon | Leader / Co-Leader |
Change name | Leader / Co-Leader |
Delete channel or group | Leader |
Invite members to private channels and groups | Leader / Co-Leader |
Invite members to public channels | Leader / Co-Leader / Member |
Remove members | Leader / Co-Leader |
Suggest members to private channels and groups | Member |
Remove messages created by other members | Leader: Messages created by any member Co-Leader: Messages created by any member other than the Leader |
Freeze to temporarily prevent access from all members | Leader / Co-Leader |
Permanently ban any members in member management | Leader: All members Co-Leader: All members except Leader |
Restrict members so that they cannot create or reply to messages | Leader: All members Co-Leader: All members except Leader |
Review flagged messages to be able to take appropriate follow-up action | Leader / Co-Leader |
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