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A channel can have several roles. It can be your personal social networking identity and/or your personal cloud storage, it can be a soapbox, it can be a moderated public or private forum/discussion group etc. There are several pre-defined channel roles, and customising the channel role is possible, too. | A channel can have several roles. It can be your personal social networking identity and/or your personal cloud storage, it can be a soapbox, it can be a moderated public or private forum/discussion group etc. There are several pre-defined channel roles, and customising the channel role is possible, too. | ||
Also, channels aren't bound to one hub. They also make {{Internal link |target= | Also, channels aren't bound to one hub. They also make {{Internal link |target=nomadic identity |link-name=nomadic identity}} possible: You can clone any of your channels across two or more hubs, and these clones always stay in sync. It basically gives you real-time backup. | ||
Channels can be exported in their entirety with an optional built-in "app", and they can be imported into accounts. This is not for moving channels which nomadic identity can handle much more easily and gracefully, but rather for local backups. | Channels can be exported in their entirety with an optional built-in "app", and they can be imported into accounts. This is not for moving channels which nomadic identity can handle much more easily and gracefully, but rather for local backups. |