Fishies 0.8.1

field-guide/en-GB/social/chat.md

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+# Chat
+
+_Talking with other keepers across the reef, in the room you're in, or in private._
+
+## Where you can talk
+
+Chat lives in the bottom-left of the screen, inside the aquarium. It's one window with a few channels to switch between:
+
+- Reef: one room shared by every keeper.
+- Room: the aquarium you're looking at, yours or a friend's, or the Open Water place you're swimming in.
+- Whisper: a private conversation between two keepers, from level 10.
+- A small blue dot before a keeper's name means they're out swimming in Open Water right now.
+- Tap any name, your own included, to open that keeper's card.
+- A Room message also rises as a speech bubble over the aquarium: above the speaker's fish if they have joined as one, otherwise at the front glass with their name.
+- The gear in the chat bar holds its settings: which channels you see, who else is here, and keeping the chat open instead of letting messages fade.
+
+## Posting
+
+A message can be up to 240 characters long. Signed-out visitors can read the latest messages but need an account to post.
+
+Sent something by mistake? You have 3 seconds to take it back.
+
+## Keeping it friendly
+
+Chat is moderated by a real person. Harassment, hate, threats, spam and advertising get messages removed and can get an account banned, and a ban follows the account you signed in with, not your username.
+
+You can [block](https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/explore) anyone you don't want to hear from. It works both ways, straight away.
+
+## How long messages last
+
+Messages in an aquarium's room or an Open Water place are kept for 1 day. Whispers are kept for 1 week.
+
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+
+In the game: https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/chat · Fishies 0.8.1
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+This page is generated. Its text lives in [`locales/en-GB.json`](../../../locales/en-GB.json) under `wiki.topics.chat`; correct it there.