💬 5.1 Community Chats & Messages
Connect with your community through event and group chats
Overview
Sweatpals chats make it easy to connect with your host and other participants before and after each event. You can join event‑specific chats, community‑wide chats, or send direct messages to hosts where allowed.
💡 Chats are designed for coordination, encouragement, and community building — not promotions.
Joining a Chat
- You’re automatically added to an Event Chat when you register for that event and it has an associated chat room.
- You can also join Community Chats if the host enables them.
- Switch to the Chats tab in your navigation bar to view your active chats.
Chat Type | Who Can Join | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Event Chat | Registered attendees + host | Coordinate before the event or share photos after it ends |
Community Chat | All followers of a community | General announcements and social conversation |
Direct Message | Host ↔ Member | Private questions about an event or membership |
Sending a Message
- To start a conversation with a new Pal, tap on the Search tab and type in their name. Then, select the "People" tab to look for users with that name.
📸 Images must follow community guidelines — keep content appropriate and respectful.
Managing Chat Notifications
- Mute or unmute a chat using the bell icon.
- Leave a chat any time by tapping Leave Chat.
- Messages you send remain visible to others even after you leave.
🔕 Muting a chat stops notifications but you can still read messages any time.