Chats & messages
Group chats, direct messages, polls, pins and attachments. 15 articles.
Circle chat
- Send a message in a circle groupWrite in a circle group, tag people with @, retry a message that failed, and why the message box sometimes isn't there.
- Reply, reply privately, forward or copy a messageQuote a message in your reply, answer someone privately, forward a message to up to 5 groups, or copy its text.
- React to a chat messageReact to a circle message with 👍 ❤️ 😂 😮 😢 or 🙏, change or remove your reaction, and see who reacted.
- Edit or delete a chat messageEdit your message within 15 minutes, delete it for everyone within 2 days, and how admins remove messages at any time.
- Send photos, documents, location and moreAdd up to 10 photos, 5 documents of 15 MB each, your location, a contact, a poll, event, listing or group buy to a chat.
- Pin a message to the top of a groupPin up to 10 important messages for everyone in a group, step through them, unpin them, and who is allowed to pin.
- Start or vote in a pollStart a poll with up to 12 options, vote, see who voted, close it, and how apartment circles count one vote per home.
- Order together with a group buyStart a group buy, count yourself in with a quantity, see who ordered and close orders. Zinola never handles the payment.
- What the ticks, “Seen by” and typing meanWhat Sending, Sent, Delivered and Seen mean on your messages, how to see exactly who read one, and the typing line.
- Unread messages and jumping around a chatThe unread divider, the new messages pill, jumping to replies, pins and search results, and history from before you joined.
- Search messages in a group or chatFind an old message in one group, across a whole circle, or in a personal chat, with a date filter to narrow it down.
Chats tab
- What's in the Chats tabThe Chats tab holds personal, market and business chats, with filter chips. Group chats are in Circles. How the website differs.
- Send someone a direct messageStart a personal one-to-one chat with someone who follows you back, what it can do, and why you might not be able to message.
- Mute a chat, group or circleSilence a personal chat, a group or a whole circle for 8 hours, a week or always. @-mentions still get through.
- Can I archive or delete a chat, or block someone?Chats can't be archived or deleted yet. What to do instead: mute, leave a group, delete your messages, or block from a profile.
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