Hello everyone. Today, we are announcing two new changes to the Terms of Service to help ensure Minnit’s safety: Chatroom owners are now responsible for keeping users under the age of 13 off the service. While Minnit has never allowed users under the age of 13, our previous policy was that we would handle monitoring… Continue reading Changes to Minnit to help keep children safe.
Celebrate Minnit’s Third Birthday with our July 2020 Update!
A few weeks ago, Minnit celebrated its third birthday! 🎉 I’m pleased to announce that our July 2020 update has just been released. Here is what it’s available. Message Reactions You are now able to react to messages in the chat. First, this setting must be enabled at https://minnit.chat/chatsettings?page=reactions Once enabled and you add emoji,… Continue reading Celebrate Minnit’s Third Birthday with our July 2020 Update!
Put a Pin on your Messages
Hello everyone! Today I am proud to announce a new feature to Minnit: The ability to “Pin” a message. Here’s how it works: If you, or somebody else, sends a message that is particularly important, you can click the three dots next to the message, and select the new “Pin Message” button: Once you pin… Continue reading Put a Pin on your Messages
Minnit Chat – March 2020 Update
Hello everyone! Today, we are pleased to announce a new update for Minnit Chat thanks to a ton of great feedback from Owners. While this update is a bit smaller than others due to us being hard at work on Organizations (which will support OAuth 2/SAML 2 and many other new stuff), we still wanted… Continue reading Minnit Chat – March 2020 Update
Minnit Chat – COVID19 / Coronavirus
Hello everyone. We have seen an increase in churches, schools, and businesses sign up for Minnit Chat to stay in touch with one another, as they are unable to meet face-to-face in wake of the Coronavirus. Many remain on the Free tier as they simply do not have the means to pay anything during this… Continue reading Minnit Chat – COVID19 / Coronavirus
Handling “non-secure” radio streams
Hello everybody. Earlier today, we put out this tweet mentioning that non-secure radio streams would not play in the latest version of Google Chrome when used within Minnit Chat. I wanted to take a moment to explain what exactly that means, as we’ve gotten quite a few tickets and inquiries. First, what is a “non-secure”… Continue reading Handling “non-secure” radio streams
New server & chat updates!
Hello, everyone. Minnit is continuously growing every day, and to that, we saw thank you to everyone! From our beginnings in summer of 2017, to now in 2020, things have been chugging along very rapidly. With that, of course, comes a much-needed server upgrade. For the technologically inclined: Our new server has 3 times as… Continue reading New server & chat updates!
WordPress Plugin – Version 2.0.0 now live!
Hello, everyone! Today I am pleased to announce that Version 2.0.0 of our WordPress Plugin is now live. The new version greatly overhauls the backend code to make the admin settings run more efficiently. This version also introduces the ability to add a chat to a single post or page using the plug-in, via the… Continue reading WordPress Plugin – Version 2.0.0 now live!
Gifting Subscriptions
Users in your chat are now able to gift you a premium subscription on Minnit Chat! To get started, a non-owner can click the Menu icon above the text box, then click “Gift Subscription”. Once clicked, a new page will open up where the subscription can be changed. Once the gift is given, the Chat… Continue reading Gifting Subscriptions
Minnit Chat: Organizations — More Info
Hello everybody! We hope you’re all having a great new year. This is a general update on what’s going on with Minnit Chat, specifically as it relates to our Organizations feature. As mentioned in our About Page, we are proud of the fact that all of our revenue comes from our chat owners. As such,… Continue reading Minnit Chat: Organizations — More Info