Announcements

Official pChat Announcements

Sunday, Sep 17th 2023
Announcements 11:58 AM

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Coins, room boosts, referral program & more

New:

• User Requested Reply to chat messages with photos, videos, files, GIFs, share room, & share user. It's the reply picture with another picture feature request.

• Emoji panel (for desktop only).

• New contacts page in the account area. View your current contacts & contact requests.

• Coins. Tip, send & withdraw coins.
➡️ More updates related to coins coming soon.

• Room boosts.

• Referral program.

• Memberships updated with new features & a monetization section.
➡️ The creator plan has been changed to VIP+ plan.

Bug Fixes:

• User Reported Can't block a user unless you message with them first has been fixed.

• User Reported Wrong quote issue. Sometimes when replying to a message, the wrong message would be quoted. This has been fixed.

• Chat Style & Color bugs have been fixed.

• When clicking from bottom DM pop out to profile, the profile page wouldn't be scrollable. This has been fixed.

Improvements:

• Reduced chat messages moving / bouncing while images are loading. The chat area should load and scroll more smoothly now.

• On desktop, the bottom pop out DM windows can now horizontally scroll. This way users can have more pop out DM windows open.

• "Just now" would stay in the left navigation and explore page. Now the time ago dynamically changes. For example, "Just now" will change to "a few seconds", and then "a min", etc.

• The homepage has been updated with an announcements area & feature list.

• The explore & account areas have new and improved menus.

• Room & user profile description links are now clickable.

• On mobile, rooms & DMs now have one top bar. This frees up more screen space for the chat area.

• On mobile, the browser navigation now collapses on scroll (except in rooms & DMs), freeing up more screen space.

• Improved spam limit checks.

• When typing long messages in the DM pop out window (on desktop), the input would overlap the message area. The difference is shown in the screenshots below:

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Wednesday, Sep 27th 2023
Announcements 11:36 PM

258
Drag & drop files, wrong quote issue, user last seen improvements & more

New:

• User Requested Users can now drag and drop files into the chat area.

• Users can now copy & paste images into the chat input.

• User Requested In account settings, you can now change your account email address.

• User Requested You can now click to delete all your messages in a DM conversation.

• User last seen time & statuses are now more accurate and in real time. Users will automatically be set to away (yellow dot) after being AFK for 10 minutes.

Fixes:

• User Reported Wrong quote issue. The last update didn't completely solve the issue. This should be completely fixed, finally. The issue was when messages were sent at the exact same time, the temporary message id's would be the same.

• User Reported Fixed an unread message bug.

• Fixed an issue when a user had the setting "Only allow confirmed contacts to private message (DM) me" enabled, but would message someone else first who was not a contact.

• Fixed the GIF loading image not disappearing after load.

• Room members were loading by joined date. This has been fixed with a more accurate order. There will be a more significant improvement in an update soon.

• Last activity would show banned / blocked user messages. This has been fixed.

• Fixed image stretch in DM pop out window (desktop).

Improvements:

• Changed timing to microseconds (from seconds) to get ready for more advanced features.

• Added user status & last seen time to the DM pop out window (desktop).

• Added user status to full page DM's.

• When clicking on your username / avatar in the bottom left navigation to go to your account, now you will be taken to the last account page you were on (VS always going to account settings by default).

• The top left pChat drop down explore link now takes you to the homepage (VS trending rooms).

• Log in now redirects you to the page where you left off.

• More account management tools in the account settings area.

• Improved room overlay sizing on different screen sizes.

• Improved spam limit checking performance.

• Improved message sorting.

• Improved mobile reconnecting to sockets after an idle period.

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Monday, Oct 2nd 2023
Announcements 10:48 AM

267
UX updates, fixes & improvements

New:

• Menu update to prepare for future features. The 3 main menus are now Home (explore), Rooms & My Account.

Fixes:

• User Reported Fixed a chat pagination bug. Reach out if you're still running into problems.

• Fixed dynamic update when blocking a user (cache issue).

• Fixed the notification drop down in Windowed Mode.

• Fixed searching & filtering Rooms Joined, Rooms Moderating & Rooms Owned.

• Sizing fixes for Windowed Mode.

Improvements:

• Added room count to top of Rooms Joined, Rooms Moderating & Rooms Owned.
Tuesday, Oct 10th 2023
Announcements 12:50 AM

323
New AI assistants & more

New:

• Chat with 10+ different AI assistants 🤖

• VIP members can now upload more than 20 files at a time.

Improvements:

• Performance improvements.

• Users online improvements.

• Room images are now clickable in the explore areas.

Fixes:

• On certain mobile browsers, when opening and closing the keyboard, sometimes the input / chat area would move out of position.

• Sometimes when receiving a new direct message, the dynamically prepended left navigation tab would be missing the action menu.

• Fixed a few edge case bugs.
Thursday, Mar 21st 2024
Announcements 5:23 AM

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Updates Incoming
It's been too long. Expect new updates soon!
Wednesday, Jun 19th 2024
Announcements 11:35 PM

405
Updated room UX, left navigation collapse and more

New:

• Collapse the left navigation into a mini-nav on desktop.

• Updated chat room UX to prepare for additional features.

• The referrals page now includes social sharing buttons.

• Rooms now have a share page with easy linking and social sharing buttons.

• New room overlay menu, to easily switch between areas.

• Collapse and expand lengthy messages.

• Maximum message length: 2,000 characters for free users, 3,000 for VIP, and 5,000 for VIP+.

Improvements:

• Improved the appearance of scrollbars on FireFox.

• On desktop and tablets, the DM bottom bar now automatically scrolls horizontally to the DM pop-out window when opened.

• Users can now press Enter to submit a room password.

• Various usability improvements.

• Various performance improvements.

• Various security improvements.

Fixes:

• User Reported If a user is invited to a room, joins, and then leaves, they can't be reinvited. This issue has been fixed.

• When pasting text into the chat input, the share photos/videos slide-up no longer appears (would also cause a console error).

• Room moderators can no longer perform mod actions on themselves. For example, a moderator can't ban or kick themselves.

Other:

• Small terms of service update.

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Tuesday, Jul 2nd 2024
Announcements 12:05 AM

492
Left navigation top tabs, auto archive, delete rooms and more

New:

• Left navigation top tabs. Open chats, contacts and joined rooms.

• Sidebar settings page.

• Recently closed left navigation tabs.

• Auto archive left navigation tabs.

• Direct message history logs.

• Ability to delete a room.

Improvements:

• Left navigation, new message will bring tab to the top.

• Left navigation, sort by most recent message.

• By default, room members right sidebar is open if on desktop

• Hide private, deleted and invalid rooms from user profiles.

• Add password / nsfw icons to rooms on user profiles.

• Hide deactivated rooms sitewide.

• Various usability improvements.

• Various performance improvements.

Fixes:

• Certain pages wouldn't open in a new tab when pressing shift / control / command + click.

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Thursday, Aug 29th 2024
Announcements 1:12 PM

1155
User stores, upcoming features voting, chat reactions and views + more

New:

• Sell products, user stores (located on user profiles).

• Chat reactions.

• Chat views / seen by.

• User reputation.

• Upcoming features voting (on homepage).

• Updated homepage.

• "You are leaving pChat" link out modal.

Improvements:

• Media in chat look update.

• Mute from left navigation dropdown menu.

• Mark as read from left navigation dropdown menu.

• Updated coin tokenomics.

• Updated premium page to make it easier to read / understand with all the growing features.

• Improved Windowed Mode when left navigation is collapsed.

• Improved message pagination.

Fixes:

• Fixed left navigation issues in Windowed Mode.

• Fixed tipping room messages.

• Fixed the misalignment of room icons on the user profile page when viewed on mobile devices.

• Fixed the overlaps and spacing issues when the left navigation bar is collapsed (e.g., mute button, first item notification icon).

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Monday, Sep 16th 2024
Announcements 12:06 AM

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New wallet, daily coins, gift memberships, email notifications + improvements and fixes

New:

• New wallet tab in the left navigation menu.

• Daily coin check-in reward: get free coins every day.

• You can now gift premium memberships.

• Email notifications.

Improvements:

• User Requested Removed raw chat views.

• Users should see less of "Session inactive, refresh the page" (sockets can now reconnect).

• Added email misspelling warnings (misspell of gmail, hotmail, etc).

• After 9 unread notifications, the notification dot will display 9+.

• Updated the email notification settings page with a new layout and additional notification types.

Fixes:

• Fixed a room invites bug.

• Long usernames in the bottom left navigation will no longer extend outside the readable area.

• Fixed an issue where deactivated account messages could still appear in some recent activity spots.

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Monday, Nov 18th 2024
Announcements 8:14 AM

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New room features, profile load speed, users online in rooms, update explore pages and more

New Features

• Users Online Expansion: You can now see users online in a specific room.

• Room Member Roles: Manage roles for room members.

• Room Subscriptions: Includes developer options.

• Room Vault: A secure space for room business.

• Room Activity Tab: Features more detailed insights into the latest room activities.

• Pinned Room Messages: Pin important room announcements.

• Room Categories: Room creators can now set categories for their rooms.

• Room Developer Options: The start to pChat developer tools.

• Consolidated Room Menu: A more streamlined and user-friendly menu.

Improvements

• Users Online Accuracy: Resolved a major issue with last-seen times for online users, resulting in more accurate online, away, and last-seen statuses.

• Improved Room Boost Benefits: Updated and enhanced perks.

• Profile Load Speed: Optimized loading speeds for user profiles, significantly improving performance.

• Updated Explore Pages: Added more detailed information about rooms.

• Paged Pagination for Explore Pages: Prevents users from losing their spot when navigating back.

• User Requested Guest Information Update: Removed city details for guest users in the online list.

Fixes:

• Mobile Layout Issues: Resolved overlapping and disappearing navigation issues caused by Safari's recent update. Optimized for other mobile browsers as well.

• User Reported Contact List Fix: Banned or deactivated users no longer appear in contact lists.

• User Reported SyntaxError Edge Case: Fixed a rare, and hard to replicate syntax error.

• DM Menu: Resolved an issue where the direct message menu wouldn't expand.

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Thursday, Dec 5th 2024
Announcements 2:37 PM

1104
Room Subscription and Developers Updates

• User Requested When creating a room subscription, error messages are now more descriptive. The report was because a room role needs to be created before a room subscription. Now, it will be clearer if a prerequisite is not met.

• User Requested The Room Developer Webhook for Room Subscription Changes now includes the subscription creation date (created_utc), the current subscription period start date (period_start_utc) and the current subscription period end date (period_ends_utc).

• User Requested A "Link to Room Subscriptions Page" is now available on the Manage Room Subscriptions page.

• The cost to the subscriber in USD is now displayed when setting the price of a room subscription, allowing room creators to see what their subscribers will pay in USD.

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Sunday, Jan 5th 2025
Announcements 5:40 PM

1797
Link previews, emoji fix, and more

New

• Link Previews: You can see previews of links in chat messages.

Improvements

• SEO optimizations were made to improve search engine rankings.

• A confirmation page has been added when logging out.

Fixes:

• Emoji: Resolved an issue where users couldn't click on recently used emojis.

• Message Count: A fix was made to the message count displayed on user profiles.

• Fixed a small anonymous tip activity presenter bug. Certain areas wouldn't be able to find the username of the user who was tipped.

• Email Notifications: Fixed an issue preventing email notifications from being sent.

pChat Announcements

Official pChat Announcements

Coins, room boosts, referral program & more

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Bug Fixes:

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Drag & drop files, wrong quote issue, user last seen improvements & more

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Fixes:

Improvements:

UX updates, fixes & improvements

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New AI assistants & more

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Updates Incoming

Updated room UX, left navigation collapse and more

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Improvements:

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Other:

Left navigation top tabs, auto archive, delete rooms and more

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Improvements:

Fixes:

User stores, upcoming features voting, chat reactions and views + more

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Improvements:

Fixes:

New wallet, daily coins, gift memberships, email notifications + improvements and fixes

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Improvements:

Fixes:

New room features, profile load speed, users online in rooms, update explore pages and more

New Features

Improvements

Fixes:

Room Subscription and Developers Updates

Link previews, emoji fix, and more

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Improvements

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