Community Watch Party
Running watch events for a community — a Discord server, subreddit, fan group, or Telegram channel — needs three things: a reliable sync, one-link invites so nobody gets stuck on setup, and moderation tools that scale past five people. Mzelo is built around all three.
One-link invites
Share your room URL once (e.g. mzelo.com/app/rooms/your-community) — members open it in any browser, no sign-up needed. For recurring events, the URL never changes, so it lives forever in your announcements channel or pinned message.
Role-based moderation
- Owner — you. Full control including public/private toggle, unban, and demoting other Kings.
- King — your senior mods. Kick, ban, hush, role changes, Virtual Browser control.
- Queen — event hosts. Media control but no moderation actions.
- Bishop — trusted regulars. Can add to the YouTube queue.
- Knight — default for active participants. Mic, camera, image/file share.
- Pawn — safe default for public events. Chat, GIFs, and emojis only.
Set the default role for new joiners in Room Settings. For open community events, Pawn is the safest starting point — nobody can hijack the mic or spam images.
Moderator toolkit
- Hush a user to disable their chat, mic, and camera without kicking them.
- Kick to remove them; they can still rejoin.
- Ban — applies by username and IP for registered users, blocking rejoin.
- Ignore chats / mic-cam on a per-user basis (viewer-local).
- Deny Guests for registered-only events.
- Lock so only Kings can enter — useful for mod-only prep time.
Event formats that work well
- Weekly anime episode nights.
- Movie clubs with community-vote picks.
- Trailer and reaction sessions around big releases.
- Music video / playlist drops with a shared YouTube queue.
- Game community watch nights (esports VODs, streamer highlights).
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