# Farcastle :: Channels Changes Target Launch - Thursday Oct 3rd **What is changing TLDR** - Posting to channels is now for members only - Moderators can invite members - Done though sharing an invite link - Combiningg the main/recent tabs into a single feed - All member casts show in feed, moderators can hide casts **What is the same** - Still public to read - Still can follow a channel to easily access for reading **How is automod reacting?** - it's being deprecated - potential replacements - [modbot](https://warpcast.com/haole/0x8858469d) **What this means for Farcastle** - Need to pivot from automod solution that promotes casts to the main feed based on token holding - remove automod as moderator on current channels we moderate - Breaks post yr ale's current setup - Will need to manually promote currentl followers to members - some will be [automatically migrated](https://warpcast.notion.site/Channel-member-migration-plan-10a6a6c0c101802fb900d3e45d879271) - "any user with a liked cast from the moderator account in the channel since June" - Remove token gating content from rules and post.brood.beer for now - channels to monitor after launch - [farcastle](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/farcastle) - [post yr ale](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/post-yer-ale) **Potential paths forward to enable token gating** - Immediately will need moderators to manually manage membership - Can we use Hats for moderation? - who creates the hats and assigns the hats to moderators? and how? - Bot to check token balances and remove/add members - Watrch what the farcaster community starts to put out related to token gating - **Future state**: Farcastle custom client can token gate what it displays **Some other tech notes** - member lists available through api - api can be used to promote followers to members and remove membership ## Tools to evaluate [dwr replay cast](https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xe1ccf91e) [automod fork](https://modbot.sh/) [moxie/fan token](https://warpcast.com/betashop.eth/0x447daae4) [cura](https://karma3labs.notion.site/Cura-Curate-Channels-with-OpenRank-114f0868b1ba800ba73bce88d5d6c40b) [channel kit](https://github.com/zachterrell57/channel-kit) ## Resources [DWR Notes](https://warpcast.notion.site/Channels-10a6a6c0c101809f99c7d9add462f699) [Channel Changes](https://warpcast.notion.site/Upcoming-channel-changes-1056a6c0c101800caee6ea8133f8f966) [Developer API info](https://warpcast.notion.site/Channel-Follow-Member-Moderation-APIs-eaa1f1b66d21465d9d05b6528daebfd4)