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An example room as it looks today, with a number on every part. Below it: the stage, an event, the community, safety, your own website and what a host can do. Nothing here is real and nothing is counted.

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1 · The room

One room: chat, stage and community together

This is what visitors see on HangLobby and on your website. In a real room every line has a heart, a reply button and a menu to report.

Night owls

Share your day. Or just read along.Englishpublic Next: Late hours: one song, one story · every Thursday night

Join Listen in Remind me Save
Good to come back toLate hours: one song, one story every Thursday nightThe song you never skipTonight's question What keeps you up tonight?
  • #lobby
  • #song-of-the-week
  • #cant-sleep
host Nova is here

Nova Every Thursday night: Late hours, one song, one story. Set a reminder in the agenda.

NovahostWelcome! Grab a drink. Which song is a time machine for you?
VinylregularThe first notes of an old summer hit and I am back in my tiny student room 😂
KaatmodTip: share your song in a topic too, then we can still find it tomorrow.
MossnewI am just reading along for now. Nice question.

↳ Moss: I am just reading along for now. Nice question.

NovahostThat is fine, Moss. You do not have to do anything here. ☺
PixelFoxregularThis reminds me of the old days: dropping in somewhere and staying.

PollWhat do you play at midnight?

Something calmAn old hitNothing, just silence

Everyone votes once and may change their mind. The result is shown live.

AI Summary · no names · last 30 minutes Coming soon

People share songs that take them back to a place: a student room, a summer, an old café. A newcomer is reading along and has been welcomed.

You are talking as your nickname

What do you want to say?
Enter sends · Shift+Enter new lineSend

Public chat · not offered for search indexing · HangLobby

  1. The header

    Name, purpose, language and the next fixed moment. Join, listen in, set a reminder or save the room for later.

  2. Lobby, Topics, Agenda, Members

    The chat is the lobby. Topics stay and can be found in search engines, the agenda holds the fixed moments, and Members shows who belongs here, by role.

  3. Worth coming back for

    The next moment, new topics and tonight's question in one row. Extra rooms such as #channels are earned: after conversation on seven different days the next one opens.

  4. The chat

    Compact, with a colour per nickname, hearts that float up, replies with a quote, our own emotes and a pinned message. Earlier messages load without losing your place.

  5. Badges

    HOST and MOD come from the role. NEW marks someone's first day, REGULAR comes after ten days of visits. Badges come from what people do, never from what they type.

  6. Poll

    A host or moderator asks a question with two to six choices, right in the chat. When it closes, everyone sees the result.

  7. What did I miss? Coming soon

    Just arrived in a busy room? A short summary of the last half hour, labelled as AI, without names and never stored. Only in public rooms.

  8. Writing

    A nickname is enough; your email stays private. Emoji and emotes, Enter sends. On a phone the bar also has a heart button and Ask to speak.

  9. Next to the chat

    The audio table, tonight's question, the next moment with a reminder, who is who by role, and the house rules in one line.

2 · The stage

Talk together, with a host in charge Coming soon

A host opens the audio table. You always listen first; speaking or a camera only when you want to and the host lets you.

At the table tonight

What keeps you up tonight?

Voice & chat
Camera offNovaHOST
Camera offVinyl
Ask to speak
Open seat
Open seat
Open seat
You are listening
Raise hand Microphone off Camera off

Your microphone and camera stay off.

  1. Six seats

    The host big, speakers with a ring when they talk, an empty seat invites you in. Cameras are optional, with a maximum per room.

  2. Listen first

    You come in as a listener, with sound only. Nobody hears or sees you.

  3. Ask to speak

    Raise your hand or tap an empty seat. The host decides who speaks.

  4. Microphone and camera off

    Always off when you come in. You switch them on yourself, after a clear question.

  5. The host keeps order

    Mute, move someone back to the audience, hand over the host role or close the table. Enforced by the server, not just on screen.

3 · Events

A room with a clock

For a debate, a match or a live show. Plan a moment as an event: the room counts down an hour before and then goes LIVE. It works the same in the frame under an article.

LIVEDebate on housing: rent and building150 writing seats

Editors Round two is about rents. Post your question in the chat; we pick three.

EditorshostBlock two is about housing. What should the candidates answer here?
HavenkwartiernewWhether the rent cap also applies to the private sector.
ElsregularAnd how fast they really want to build.

All writing seats are taken: you are watching along. You can still read and send hearts.

  1. Countdown, then LIVE

    An hour before the start the room counts down; at the start it says LIVE, also on Live now, on the card and in the frame.

  2. Updates from the host

    The host or editors post updates above the chat, such as a fact check, on their own channel so they never scroll away.

  3. Writing seats

    The first 150 writers get a seat; host and moderators always. That keeps a busy chat readable.

  4. Watch along

    Above that you watch along: read, send hearts and vote in the poll.

  5. Recap afterwards

    After the event the recap becomes a topic that stays and can be found.

4 · Community

More than a chat: a place people come back to

Everything that should not scroll away gets its own place, with the same members and the same rules.

  • Topics

    Conversations that stay, with replies. Public topics can be found in search engines; the live chat cannot.

    • The song you never skip
    • Where did you go when you couldn't sleep?
    • Recap: last week's Late hours

  • Agenda

    Fixed moments, also weekly. Members set a reminder and hear when it starts.

    • Late hours: one song, one story · every Thursday night

  • Members

    By role, with since when and last seen. Badges for regulars and newcomers, no leaderboard.

    • Nova host
    • Vinyl regular
    • Kaat mod
    • Moss new

  • Welcome

    The first time a short welcome: a nickname is enough, the house rules, microphone and camera off. After joining, two questions: what are you here for, and do you want to hear when it goes live?

  • Earned rooms

    A second room opens after conversation on seven different days. Free up to three rooms, more with a paid plan.

    • #lobby
    • #song-of-the-week
    • #cant-sleep

  • Findable

    An about page with description, programme and topics for search engines. The live chat itself is never offered for indexing.

5 · Safe and calm

Moderation you can explain

Rules first, people decide. Everyone sees why something happens and can object.

  • Three trays

    Every message lands in one of three: post, check first, or hide with a reason. Per community you choose how strict: mild, normal or strict.

    • Post
    • Check first
    • Hide with a reason

  • A nudge while writing

    Before posting, the writer sees how a sharp sentence comes across, and can still change it.

    This may come across as an attack. Change it?EditPost anyway

  • Report and block

    In the menu of every line. Blocking hides someone for you only; a report goes to the moderators.

  • Quiet mode

    Without a host in the room, members write at a calm pace. A host can switch it off while they are there.

  • People decide

    Automatic checks only give signals. A person decides, with a reason, an appeal and a log.

  • Privacy

    Nicknames only, your email stays private. The chat is not offered to search engines and disappears after 30 days.

6 · Your website

The same room on your own site

A chat room, a community or a conversation under every article. Your visitors stay on your site; you keep one place for your audience.

Tonight: which album deserves a second listen?

  • NovaHOSTWelcome! Grab a drink. Which album is a time machine for you?
  • JunoEasy. The first one I bought with my own money.
  • SamReading along from the train, hi everyone.
  • MilaDoes anyone still have the vinyl?

What do you want to say?

Topics that stay

  • Which walk do you recommend this autumn?
  • Report of the Thursday evening: three tips
  • Question: how do you keep a group small and lively?

Next host moment: Thursday 20:00

Where people come together, the story begins.

Talk about this article

  • NovaA good topic. How do you all see this?
  • JunoI am curious about this too.

Reply with your site account

Example · no real messages or numbers

  • WordPress plugin. Install, connect, place the block. Done in a few minutes.
  • Any other site. One snippet of code, with colour mode, language and start tab as settings.
  • Log in with your site's account. Your members chat under their own name, only in your room. No passwords shared, no third-party cookies.
  • One room everywhere. On HangLobby, on your site and as an app on the phone: same members, same rules.
  • Your own look. Your colours and logo, no HangLobby label and your own domain, from Own room.
  • In your language. English and Dutch; the room follows the language of your site.

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7 · For hosts

Hosting without a manual

The room helps you get started and keeps the work light.

  • Host start

    Six steps with real progress: nickname, first question, first moment, a co-moderator, an invite link, and your website if you like.

    1. Choose your nickname
    2. Set the first question
    3. Plan your first moment
    4. Ask a co-moderator

  • Go live

    Start a chat moment, a stream from YouTube, Twitch or TikTok, the audio table or a camera. Members who asked for it hear about it in their inbox.

    • Chat moment
    • Stream
    • Audio table Coming soon
    • Camera Coming soon

  • Your own stream, here

    Already broadcasting on YouTube, Twitch or TikTok? Paste the link at Go live. YouTube and Twitch play in the room once the viewer clicks; TikTok gets a card with a link. It costs no media minutes.

  • Recap as a topic

    Afterwards the conversation becomes a topic that stays. An AI draft to start from is coming soon.

  • A team

    Add moderators and hand over the host role, so you never do it alone.

  • Numbers and report

    Statistics, a monthly report and export, from Own room. Only measured numbers.

  • Invite

    An invite link for the people you want there, and a private room with a paid plan.

Start your own room

Free for a public room. Pick a nickname, ask a first question and invite your people. Or put it on your website straight away.

Choose a nickname and start a room Put it on your websiteSee real rooms

  • Your nickname is visible, your e-mail stays private.
  • Microphone and camera are off when you come in.
  • Reporting and blocking are always close at hand.