Member Management on Rafts and Channels

As a Raft or Channel Admin, you have control over the membership of your group. This may include inviting new members to join, approving join requests, promoting additional administrators, and more. Your exact Raft or Channel Admin permissions depend on your role and the privacy of the Raft or Channel.

Learn more about Raft and Channel Admin roles and their permissions here.

Accessing Member Management

To open the Member Management screen for a Raft or Channel, select the Settings (gear icon) on the Raft or Channel header. This is different from the members list viewable by all Raft and Channel members from the people icon on the header, which has no customization options.

Member Management

Select Member Management in the settings menu to open a list of all members of the Raft or Channel. At the top of the list you'll see a list of Raft or Channel Admin, and below you'll see all additional members. 

By selecting the more menu (...) next to any member, you will see various options to update that member's rank or status. 

• Promote to Curator 一 Gives a member the rank and privileges of Curator (only available to Leaders and Co-leaders on Premium Rafts)

• Promote to Co-leader 一 Gives a member or Curator the rank and privileges of Co-leader (only available to Leaders and Co-leaders)

• Demote to Curator 一 Removes the rank and privileges of Co-leader and gives the rank and privileges of Curator (only available on to Leaders and Co-leaders on Premium Rafts)

• Demote to Member 一 Removes any Raft or Channel Admin rank (available to all Raft and Channel Admin for those of equal or lower rank)

• Restrict 一 Removes the ability of a Raft or Channel member to interact with content until the restriction is removed; view-only privileges on the Raft or Channel (available to all Raft and Channel Admin for those of equal or lower rank)

• Remove 一 Removes a member from the Raft or Channel (available to all Raft and Channel Admin for those of equal or lower rank)

• Ban 一 Removes a member from the Raft or Channel and blocks them from rejoining (available to all Raft and Channel Admin for those of equal or lower rank)

Join Requests

In certain cases, when someone tries to join the Raft or Channel, the action will send the Admins a Join Request. The most common examples are:

• Someone tries to join a Private Raft with By-Request membership
• A Curator suggests a member for a Private or Secret Raft
• Someone tries to join a Basic Raft that has reached its membership limit
• Someone tries to join a Private Channel

Raft and Channel Leaders and Co-leaders can view requests or suggested members by selecting the Join Requests option. They will see the list of all of the members with requests and can choose to approve the request and allow the member to join, or they can remove the request to keep the member from joining.

Restricted Members

All Raft and Channel Admins can view the list of Restricted members by selecting the Restricted Member section on the Admin Settings. They will see the list of members with view-only access to the Raft or Channel. 

Raft and Channel Admins can select the plus icon to restrict additional members with equal or lesser rank. They can also remove restrictions by switching off the toggle next to their name. 

Banned Members

All Raft and Channel Admins can view the list of Banned members by selecting the Banned Member section on the Admin Settings. They will see the list of members who have been removed from the Raft or Channel and cannot rejoin. 

Raft and Channel Admins can select the plus icon to ban additional members or equal or lesser rank. They can also remove the ban by toggling off the button next to their name. Note that unbanning a member does not automatically rejoin them to the Raft or Channel.

Pending Invites

Raft and Channel Admins are encouraged to invite members to join their group. However, no matter the privacy of the Raft or Channel, the member must accept the invitation to join. (NOTE: Members added to a Raft or Channel via the Admin Portal are added immediately without requiring the member to accept.)

Raft and Channel Admins can manage the list of invitees and invite additional members by selecting the Pending Invites button on the Admin Settings menu.

They can select the Send Reminder button next to any individual to send that person a notification that they have a pending invitation to join the Raft, or they can select Remind All to send a bulk reminder. They can also select Withdraw Invite to rescind the invitation. Additionally, Raft and Channel Leaders and Co-leaders can select the Invite members (+) button to invite additional members to the Raft. On Private or Secret Rafts, Curators can suggest members and they will appear in the Pending Invites section.