Allow anonymous use of the chat [$250]

[mitar]

So currently, Rocket.Chat is a very much a Slack clone. But my main issue with Slack is that it is not open enough. So I would like an option to make Rocket.Chat more open. What I mean by that is that is that users can come and start reading what is happening on public channels without registration. So when a not-logged in user would open root address, they would get to the normal main screen, with all channels listed and so on. When they would open a channel, they could see what is happening there, but the message input box would be grayed out and a message to register/login to post would be there.

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[mitar]

What does "Registration Required" set to false do? I have not seen any effect?

[frabrunelle]

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I am considering switching away from Slack and this is one of the main features I am looking for (being able to access and read the public channels without registration).

[AdrianoCahete]

This needs to be an option for each channel. If the creator wants it, the channel can be read for unregistred users.

[mitar]

Or written to. I would really like that it can be like: user comes, sees channels (maybe flagged as such), and can read them, and can write an reply. And if the are not logged in, they have also to fill in the name in the status bar (which stays stored locally).

[mitar]

Bump:

What does "Registration Required" set to false do? I have not seen any effect?

[rwakida]

@mitar Registration Required is not used at this time.

[mitar]

Heh, a setting which does nothing. ;-) OK, this is good, then it can be used for this particular purpose. So I would suggest that we make it so:

• if "registration required" is false, then user can come and read all channels
• if user wants to make a message, then another setting specifies if they have to register before doing that, or if they can just pick a name

I would say that concept of private and public channels should be for some other ticket/task.