====== Channels ======

Channels were introduced in version [[https://friendi.ca/2023/12/24/friendica-2023-12-released/|2023.12]] to Friendica. They allow users to define rules that are used to filter the content displayed in the channels timeline. Channels can be used as alternative to the usual network stream sorting and the [[:docs:network_filters|usage of filters]].

You can define channels in your account settings in the channels section.

===== Example Channels =====

  * Aim: Show only postings from your contacts in languages you understand

Select your "Network" as source circle for the channel and select the languages you can read from the list of languages. To select multiple languages from the list, hold the ''ctrl'' key pressed while selecting the entries.

  * Aim: Show only postings from your contacts that do //not// contain a specific tags

Select your "Network" as source circle for the channel and enter the list of tags to exclude from the channel into the "Excluded tags" field as comma separated list.