# 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 who follow each other. It opens at level 10. In Settings › Account you can also let any keeper of that level or above whisper to you, even if you don't follow each other.
- 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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