Iris Chat Manager for Groups

A chat of a few hundred people without a moderator quickly turns into an ad dump. Iris | Chat Manager takes over the routine: bans, mutes, warnings, a list of moderators. 🛡️

The bot has long been popular, with over two hundred thousand users. You add it to a group as an administrator, and it works there through commands.

Ranks instead of chaos

Moderation in Iris runs on ranks. Reviews describe five of them, from an ordinary member up to a creator with full control. Higher ranks appoint lower ones, and juniors receive only the commands they need.

That way an owner does not hand every admin all the rights. One moderator may only delete messages, another may also restrict members.

Three commands to meet the bot

• /help opens help and shows whom to ask for support with the bot.
• /commands gives an article with the full command list.
• /staff shows the chat's moderators.

These three are in the bot's own command list. The rest you will discover inside the group.

Connecting it to a group in five steps

1. Open the bot's profile and choose to add it to a group.
2. Pick the group from the list.
3. Make the bot an administrator of that group.
4. Grant rights to delete messages and restrict members.
5. Bind the chat with the command from the help and check /staff.

Without admin rights the bot can neither delete spam nor block offenders. That is the most common reason for "nothing works". ⚙️

Beyond bans: what reviews also describe

Users mention greetings and rules for newcomers, auto-kick, anti-spam, and a network of linked chats, so one person can run several groups from one place.

Reviews also mention game mechanics: rewards, activity rankings, and a relationship system. They liven up a community, but enable them only if your members like that sort of thing. 🎮

Spam and complaints in practice

A big chat has many offenders, and catching each by hand is impossible. The bot helps with repeated tasks: removing ads, restricting a newcomer who floods links, warning an argumentative member.

A good practice is a warning first, then a short mute, and only then a ban. That gives a person a chance to improve and spares you conflicts. Member complaints are better handled in the evening, not in the heat of a dispute.

Not hurting your own chat

Give the bot, and every moderator, the minimum rights needed, and review the moderator list monthly. An extra admin with broad powers is a risk, especially if the account gets hacked.

Announce the rules before the first ban. People accept punishment more calmly when they know the reason. Do not punish automatically in borderline cases: step in by hand. ⚠️

The exact command set and its names change, so rely on /commands inside the bot rather than someone else's cheat sheets.