Privacy modes.md

Privacy modes

A room server should allow the room admin or a moderator to configure which users can become internal user.

Specification

There are three strategies recommended as policies to join the room, known as privacy modes:

• Open: invite codes are openly known, similar to ssb-room v1
• Community: only internal users can invite external users to become an internal users
• Restricted: only admins and moderators can invite external users to become an internal users, and aliases are not supported

Joining: To become a member of the room, peers need to join the room.