How to use the chat module

To use live chat to its full potential, we recommend accessing our website, where our chat component is located, by entering your username (be careful not to enter your email address to log in, but your username, spelled correctly) and the (complete and accurate) password that each person chose and set in the registration form when they joined us, in one of the login forms (usually one at the top, one at the bottom, and one in the social area).

The visible module of our chat component, found by scrolling down, is titled “-Chat-Module-“ (obviously if you use automatic translation you will see “chat” or a similar name), and is a gray stripe, with a user group symbol, the word “Chat” or the name in your language, and in brackets is the exact number of people visible in the chat.

All our users know how to make themselves invisible so they aren't constantly disturbed, and this is our advice to everyone: to prevent other people, perhaps strangers, from contacting you without valid reason. To do this immediately after logging in, scroll down to the bottom of the web page until you see the words "-Chat-Module-" (obviously, if you use automatic translation, you'll see "chat" or something similar), and click on the gray strip with a user group symbol. The exact number of people visible in the chat is in parentheses. Immediately afterward, click on the gear symbol to the right. Select and click the second button from the top, which says "Turn off chat." Within seconds, the gray bar with a user group symbol, the word "Chat," or the name in your language, will change to "off." You'll still see the exact number of people visible in the chat in brackets . This number is constantly changing, and often, like you, some users are online and visible for only a few seconds. By default, you'll always be able to access the website in a visible way, but we recommend doing this, especially in the early stages, until we make the chat module invisible to our visitors. If anyone bothers you, we can block them and take appropriate action.

After disabling the chat module, you can browse our website confident that no one will be able to see you, or even contact you if they know you. Whatever page you visit and whatever activity you engage in, you will be invisible to everyone else in the chat module, and only in that specific module. In other features of our platforms, in other components, applications, and modules, based on their respective rules, you will be visible to those who are part of them, or according to your personal profile settings.

Turning off chat should become a healthy habit for everyone who joins us.

To communicate with others directly, you have not one but an infinite number of ways of all kinds, and we will discuss them in detail in the various informative articles dedicated to each of these communication methods, and in various informative articles.

But what happens if you forget to turn off chat as soon as you log in? You'll be visible for a certain period of time, and then if you happen to remain inactive, or if you read a very long article without changing pages on our website , our intelligent chat will automatically make you invisible until you decide to perform some activity or change pages, at which point you'll be visible again for a short time.

This feature is very useful if you don't want to be disturbed by just anyone, but only by those who know you, or only by those who contact you for legitimate and helpful reasons.

Reactivate chat after turning it off.

To reactivate the chat after turning it off, simply scroll down to the bottom and find the title "-Chat-Module-" (obviously, if you use automatic translation, you'll see "chat" or something similar). Then, click on the gray strip you previously changed when turning off the chat, where the "off" symbol appears, and where the exact number of people visible in the chat appears in brackets. The chat will immediately unlock, and you'll be visible to everyone again.

More gear symbol buttons.

The first button from the top down.

There are two arrows, left and right, that unlock the chat if you accidentally blocked it. The text clearly explains: Activate chat.

Do not disturb.

If you want to be online and visible to everyone, but don't want to be disturbed, you can choose the third button, with the no entry symbol and the words: do not disturb.

Reset the position of chat windows.

The central window of our chats, and the message windows (from different users), can be moved to different positions, allowing you to chat with multiple people at once or to perform certain tasks in different areas of the screen. Usually, the message windows appear directly in the center of the screen. By clicking and holding the top button, you can move each window anywhere on your screen. To save time rearranging them or to close them more easily and quickly, simply click the fourth button, with a left-curving arrow symbol, which returns all the windows to their original positions, where you can close them or move them again.

Chat box minimized.

The fifth button, a white square with a minus sign in the center, minimizes all open chat windows and moves them to the bottom right, allowing you to continue chatting, allowing you to work more freely and easily. Clicking them again returns them to where they were before (i.e., in the center of the screen).

Private message.

The sixth button , a white square with a right-pointing arrow, is for private messages and takes you to the main chat page, where you can perform various activities related to this important component. The page may load a little slowly if you've sent a lot of messages.

Set your avatar.

The seventh button with the user icon is used to set your avatar. You can choose an image from your device. If you're a member of ours and uploaded one when you registered, or later, in your personal profile in the social area, it will be visible, so you don't have to change anything. You can, however, use a different image than your personal profile image, subject to our image rules.

Enable or disable chat notifications.

The eighth button allows you to enable or disable chat notifications; everyone is free to set them as they wish.

Enable or disable sounds for private messages.

The ninth button with the sounds icon allows you to do this.

Enable or disable sounds for private messages.

The tenth button with the sounds icon allows you to do this.

Your chats.

DirectDemocracyS has a wide variety of public and private chats, and our live chat options are located at the top of the chat module. Simply click on the one you prefer and you can chat with the members, live or even long afterward.

The public chat.

This is the first one visible to everyone. If you don't see any others, you'll have to ask the respective groups if you want to join, according to very detailed implementation rules.

Send a message to the public chat.

In the center of the chat module, there's an arrow icon, followed by a space where you can type, or copy and paste, your public message. We recommend not spending too much time here unless it's truly important and useful for our entire system. Don't say hello, send good wishes, write unnecessary things, or even compliments. To contact us, use the contact forms only.

Further down, arranged horizontally, there are seven buttons: the first, with a smiley face icon, opens a window with emojis; the second, with a door icon, opens all visible public chat rooms. By clicking on each one, you can request access or log in directly. The third button, with the icons of various users, shows the users who are present in the chats and visible (many are invisible). These first three buttons are opened by clicking on them, used, and closed by clicking on them. The fourth button, with the icon for saving files, allows you to save the various conversations. The fifth button, with the icon of two arrows forming a circle, allows you to update the contents of each window and each chat room. The sixth button, with an X inside, allows you to delete previous contents (which become invisible to the user who performs this action). The seventh button, with a +, allows you to see previous posts.

Even further down are all the available or visible users, but remember to never, and for any reason, disturb people you don't know.

Again, when opening each user's chat, there are seven buttons with the same features as those in chat rooms, with some additional features depending on the user type and their permissions. The video camera icon starts a direct video call with the other user; the second, with a smiley face, contains emojis; the third allows you to send files to the other person; the fourth allows you to save messages; the fifth deletes messages for the person performing the action; the sixth button, with a clock icon, allows you to view previous messages. By clicking on it, you can choose the period for which you want to see previous messages: the last day, the last week, the last month, the last 3 months, the last 6 months, or the last year. Messages older than a year are usually archived in a secure location. The eighth button allows you to share your exact location with the other person, which is useful for meeting up. The eighth button, with the icon of a whiteboard with a marker, allows you to share a whiteboard. Obviously, the order and number of buttons can be changed, and additional features can be added, such as simultaneous text translation, audio conversations, and many other useful features. In some cases, other features can be removed, based on our needs and the decisions of the groups and users involved.

By clicking the one-way street icon, you can block a specific user. They, without ever knowing they've been blocked, will never be able to contact you again. You can also unblock them if you deem it appropriate. All our users can also be reported if they disturb you or violate our rules at this link: https://contacts.directdemocracys.org/contacts/reports/internal-user-reporting . However, to submit a report, you must log in to our contact forms website, in the respective login forms, with the same credentials (username and password) you use on the website you registered on.

After clicking on a specific user, if you click on their name in the window that opens, you will be redirected to their personal profile in the social area of our website. You will be able to see if they are a registered user with a verified and guaranteed identity (if there is a blue check mark next to their username). If they are not present in our social area, they may be a visitor, so please do not disturb them for any reason. Be respectful and you will be respected.