Open a place room instead of a messenger group. Attendees join with a six-digit code or QR shown at the venue, so nobody has to collect phone numbers to add them. Members see each other's nickname or room alias and a generated avatar, never a phone number or an email address. The room closes when the time you set is up, so no group is left over after the event. In a guest-enabled place room, attendees open a QR or link to enter and read without installing the app or signing up. Guests are enabled in new rooms; hosts must turn them on in existing rooms. Guests must switch to an account and verify a phone before sending if the host account region is Korea or unknown. A confirmed non-Korean host region permits guest sending without verification. The server uses the host account region; signed-in attendees follow the existing account verification policy. Emails and phone numbers are never shown to other participants.
What a messenger group costs at an event
A group in a messenger built on phone numbers starts with a list. Someone collects numbers to add people one by one, or posts an invite link, and in many of these apps every member can then see every other member's number. At a conference, a meetup or a workshop, that means handing your number to dozens or hundreds of people you met once, and holding theirs. The group also outlives the event: months later it is still in everyone's chat list, and an invite link posted online keeps letting new people in.
The options, compared
| Messenger group by phone number | Group with a fixed invite link | Place room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How attendees get in | Added by number, or by invite link | Anyone who has the link | A code or QR refreshed every 30 seconds, valid for multiple people for up to 60 seconds, or the room link with approval |
| What members see of each other | Often each other's phone numbers | Depends on the app | Nickname or room alias and a generated avatar |
| Who else can get in | Anyone a member adds | Anyone the link reaches | Someone with the current code or the room's link, after your approval if join approval is on |
| After the event | Stays until people leave | Stays until someone closes it | Closes when its time is up |
Setting it up
- In the FadeTalk app, open the Places tab and tap Create a room.
- Name the room after the event, pick a type such as Conference, Event or Performance, and choose a lifetime that runs past the last session.
- Under Direct messages, choose Not allowed or By request. With By request, the other member has to accept before a private chat opens.
- Turn on Allow aliases if attendees should pick a name just for this room.
- Name a co-host, and set the host tools you need: join approval, announcements only, slow mode and link blocking.
- Show the entry code and its QR at the registration desk and on the stage screen.
What attendees do
- If guests are enabled, open the QR or link in a browser, choose a display name and confirm the required consents. Sign in on the app or web to join with an account.
- Signed-in attendees can also use Join with code in the Places tab. Link entry waits for host approval.
- Pick a name for the room if it allows aliases.
- Guests can report messages or leave. Account members can also block other account members.
For a Korean or unknown-region host, guests who only read need no account. Explain account conversion and phone verification in advance to attendees who want to send. Guests can report messages and leave, but cannot start private chats or become hosts or co-hosts.
When the event ends
The room closes when its time is up. Its messages are deleted; reported content is kept for safety review, and backups and legal holds are the usual exceptions. Attendees who want to stay in touch can connect before it closes, or swap the personal link on their name tag or slide.
Entry, moderation and the closing time on the day are covered in how to run a chat room for a conference or event.