AI group chat: two characters, your friends, one room

What is an AI group chat?

A chat where more than one AI character takes part. On some apps that means several characters and just you; on others, friends can join and share the scene.

Nodera's rooms do both. Start one alone with 2 characters who answer you and each other, or invite friends, up to 6 people in all. A roleplay chat with one character is the quieter, closer version.

How do I start a group chat on Nodera?

From a character's chat, your Chats list or a ready made cast on Home, in about a minute.

1. 1

   Pick one or two characters

   Tap Start a room in a character's chat menu or New room in Chats, or open a ready made cast on Home: two characters and a premise. Any public character from the catalog of 800+ can join.

2. 2

   Name it and set the scene

   Give the room a name and, if you like, a one line scene, such as a rooftop bar on a Friday night.

3. 3

   Invite friends, or keep it to yourself

   Share an invite link, which works for 7 days and can be revoked, or invite people who follow you back. Friends without an account sign up and land back in the room. Everyone must be 18 or older.

Who answers in a group chat, and do the characters talk to each other?

A character you @mention always answers, and one you name answers unless it is muted. Otherwise one may join in on their own, and when a reply speaks to the other character, that character can answer once.

• Mentions come first. Type @ and a name, or tap their face above the message box.
• Talkativeness. The host sets each character to Quiet, Normal or Chatty. A quiet one speaks only when named, and one switch makes the whole room answer only when mentioned.
• Reply length. The host picks short, normal or long replies for each character; room replies run shorter than in one to one chats.
• A cap on chatter. At most 12 character messages a minute, so they never talk on and on by themselves.

What does an AI group chat cost on Nodera?

The host pays: 5 credits for each character reply, the same as a one to one message. Messages between people cost nothing, and guests never see a price.

500 free credits a day cover about 100 character replies. When the guest allowance runs out, guests see "Companions are resting for today" until midnight UTC, and can keep talking with everyone. If the host runs out of credits, the characters pause for the whole room.

Can an AI group chat be 18+?

Yes, for adults, with everyone on board. Every room is adults only, and a room is 18+ only when it has a character marked 18+ and everyone in it has the 18+ content setting on.

• Joining. Only people who confirmed they are 18 or older can join a room, and an 18+ room also needs the 18+ setting on. An 18+ character joins only if everyone already in the room has it on.
• Mature replies come only from an 18+ character in an 18+ room, while everyone keeps 18+ content on. If one person turns it off, the next replies steer away from mature content.
• Pictures of people. Each person decides whether others can put them in pictures, whether those pictures wait for their okay, and whether 18+ pictures may show them, which stays off until they turn it on.

Never allowed, for anyone: sexual content involving minors or characters who look or act like minors, sexual violence or sex without consent, characters or pictures of real people without their consent, sexual content with animals, and anything that encourages self harm. More on what 18+ allows on Nodera, and never allows.

Is a group chat private, and will the characters remember it?

A room is shared: everyone in it, and both characters, read every message. Your one to one chats stay private and apart from it.

• Nothing crosses over. A room never reads or changes your one to one chats, their memories or your relationship levels, so a friend never sees what you told a character alone.
• Short memory. Characters in a room follow the last 30 messages, with no long term memory. For a story that runs for weeks, a one to one chat with lasting memory suits you better.
• The host is in charge. The host can remove a person, mute or remove a character, and end the room. If the host leaves, the room ends for everyone and stays readable for 7 days.
• Blocks and reports. Nobody joins a room with someone they blocked or who blocked them, and you can report any message.

What Nodera stores, and how to delete it: safety and privacy.

How do Kindroid, Nomi and SpicyChat group chats compare?

They fit up to 10 characters, and Kindroid Rooms take friends too, though only subscribers can write. Nodera's rooms are smaller, free during the beta, and guests chat without paying.

What are the limits of Nodera's rooms?

Rooms are small, follow only recent messages and run on the host's credits.

• Two characters at most, and 6 people.
• Only public characters can join. A character you made joins once it is published and approved.
• 5 new rooms a day per host, and guests cannot pay for their own replies.
• No voice calls or push notifications. It is a web app you can add to your home screen, and a beta, so replies can be slow at busy times.

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