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This guide is for community staff and Admins. MyWatchtower gives you two ways to reach the whole community: a persistent dashboard banner (the Message of the Day) and one-time mass sends (Announcements). They live on different Settings tabs and behave very differently.
The Message of the Day lives on the Profile tab under Settings, in the "Message of the Day" section — for the steps, see Set the Message of the Day.
The message appears as a banner on community members' dashboards — resident and staff views alike — and stays there "until you disable or change it." Use it for standing notices: office hours, ongoing roadwork, pool season dates.
The Announcements tab opens Mass Announcements ("Send emails and push notifications to your community"), with two tabs: New Announcement and Announcement History. Unlike the Message of the Day, an announcement is a one-shot send — it goes out immediately and cannot be recalled. For composing, channels, and the send confirmation, see Send a Mass Announcement.
The Announcement History tab keeps the record of every past send — the per-recipient detail is covered in Send a Mass Announcement.
If either tab is missing, your role may lack the community-settings or announcements permission — ask your community Admin, or submit a help desk ticket.
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