on May 14, 2024
The Status app is currently in its beta stage. This means the application is still undergoing active development, and certain features described in this document may function differently or be unavailable within the app.
You can lose your Status Community membership for different reasons. For example, a token-gated community can change the token requirements to join, or your behaviour breaks the community rules.
The community owner can permanently ban your account if you break the community rules. Respect the community rules and members, and don't spam people or promote scams or deceptive practices.
- For token-gated communities, you should hold the token requirements at all times.
- In the notifications centre, your Membership notifications show when you have lost access to a community. You don't receive a notification when you're banned from a community.
Community Owners control who has access to their communities. Status can't kick you out or ban you from a community. Likewise, Status can't grant you access to a community or override the community owner's actions.
There are four reasons:
| Reason | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Kick | The community owner kicks you out of the community. You can request to join the community again. | Open and token-gated communities |
| Ban | The community owner permanently bans you from the community. You can't request to join the community again. | Open and token-gated communities |
| Token requirements change | The token requirements to access the community change, and your tokens no longer satisfy these requirements. Open the community page to review the new token requirements. | Token-gated communities |
| Your tokens change | Your tokens or token amounts change, and you no longer satisfy the community requirements. Open the community page to verify your eligibility. | Token-gated communities |
Community Owners can lose access to their communities if they have to restore the profile on a different device and don't back up the community's private key.