# Sides and channels

> The two sides of Community, Users and Developers, their six channels each, the five channel kinds and what a post is in each.

Source: https://community.geenius.io/docs/sides-and-channels/

The community has two sides that never mix.

## Users

For everyone who uses Geenius OS and its apps. Channels: **Announcements**, **Help & questions**, **How-tos**, **What I made**, **Feedback** and **General**.

## Developers

For building on Geenius Kit, the app registry and the open core. Channels: **Announcements**, **Dev questions**, **Tutorials**, **Built on Geenius**, **Ideas & proposals** and **Open core**.

## Channel kinds

| Kind | What a post is |
| --- | --- |
| Discussion | A thread |
| Questions | A question, with an accepted answer |
| Tutorials | A tutorial: cover, tags, series, reading time |
| Showcase | A showcase with a cover |
| Announcements | An announcement, posted by the team |

## Joining

Reading is open. Posting on a side you have not joined takes one tap to join it. A post lives in exactly one channel of one side.