Expected behavior When creating a group chat, the person who created the chat should be assigned the role of owner and admin. They should then also be able to assign mod role to other members. Any member should NOT be able to kick another member without admin/mod roles. Actual behavior No hierarchy…

this is known, and at some point we will probably iterate over that, so that huge, untrusted group get better support. there are lots of ideas and internal discussions about that. however, already today, twhen using Delta Chat as it is supposed to, in small, known circles you trust (family, friends…

Yes it is great in small group chat with trusted friends. Let me know where I can provide potential ideas for admin/mod capabilities. Have you tried Keet messenger? It’s P2P but has good admin/mod support in groups.

lots of ideas usually pile up in the real-life meetings with devs and users, eg. soon on DIFF in Freiburg/Germany (invitation) , but surely also here in the forum. in general, there is no lack of ideas. it is more that resources are missing :wink:

It’s going to be a very cool conference, so many new things are planned, great. I admire Delta Chat, the best secure messenger in the world, and I’m not kidding.

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I fully understand your point — the current mechanism may work well in small, trusted circles, but there are two critical flaws in this view, and it does not align with how users actually choose to use Delta Chat: 1. The idea that “problems won’t happen among people you know” is not true Even with…

Admin/mod roles, and prevent people from removing others from group

Feature Proposal

ian December 15, 2025, 10:57pm 6

Bug and suggestion regarding the group [block contact button in channels]