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@ -4,22 +4,21 @@ In Zulip, conversations are organized by conversation **streams** and
**topics**.
## About streams
On Zulip, users communicate with each other in group chats by sending messages
to streams, which are similar to conversation threads.
On Zulip, users communicate with each other in group chats by sending
messages to streams, which are similar to conversation threads.
Streams are either:
* **Public** - Public streams are for open discussions. All users can subscribe
to public streams and discuss topics there. Any Zulip user can join any public
stream in the organization, and they can view the complete message history of any
public stream without joining the stream.
* **Private** - Private streams are for confidential discussions and are only
visible to users who've been invited to subscribe to them. Users who are not
members of a private stream cannot subscribe to the stream, and they also cannot
read or send messages to the stream.
* **Public** - Public streams are for open discussions. Any Zulip user can
join any public stream in the organization, and they can view the complete
message history of any public stream without joining the stream.
* **Private** - Private streams are for confidential discussions and are
only visible to users who've been invited to subscribe to them. Users who
are not members of a private stream cannot subscribe to the stream, and
they also cannot read or send messages to the stream.
Users are subscribed to specific streams in the organization by default, such as the
[#announce](the-announce-stream) stream. Users can easily
Users are subscribed to specific streams in the organization by default, such as
the [#announce](the-announce-stream) stream. Users can easily
[view messages](/help/view-messages-from-a-stream) from a specific stream; in
addition, they can [browse](/help/browse-and-join-streams#browse-streams) their
stream subscriptions using the Zulip stream browser.
@ -31,21 +30,26 @@ a stream, users can choose to [unsubscribe](/help/unsubscribe-from-a-stream) fro
stream.
Users can also customize their stream settings; they can
[pin](/help/pin-a-stream) or star important streams,
[change the colors](/help/change-the-color-of-a-stream) of streams, and enable desktop
notifications or muting for streams in order to create a better Zulip
environment.
* [pin a stream](/help/pin-a-stream)
* [change the color of streams](/help/change-the-color-of-a-stream)
* [enable desktop notifications for stream](/help/configure-desktop-notifications)
* [muting notification for streams](/help/mute-a-stream)
If enabled by the organization administrators, users can
[create](/help/create-a-stream) streams and [invite](/help/add-or-invite-someone-to-a-stream)
other users to a stream.
Only organization administrators can make edits to a stream, such as
[renaming](/help/rename-a-stream), [deleting](/help/delete-a-stream), changing the
description of a stream, [removing users](/help/remove-someone-from-a-stream) from a
stream, or changing the accessibility of a stream.
Only organization administrators can modify a stream, like:
* [renaming a stream](/help/rename-a-stream)
* [deleting a stream](/help/delete-a-stream)
* changing the description of a stream
* [removing users from a stream](/help/remove-someone-from-a-stream)
* [changing the accessibility of a stream](/help/change-who-can-join-a-stream)
## About topics
In each stream, messages are sorted by topics. Topics are
specific, fine-grained subjects that fit with the overall subject of the
stream that they're sent to. Topics ensure sequential messages