diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
index d3638a1f7..aba70dacf 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export default class GraphApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
   async disableGroupFeed(group: Resource): Promise<void> {
     await this.spider(
       'graph-view-action',
-      'resource',
+      'json',
       'graph-disable-group-feed',
       {
         "disable-group-feed": { resource: group }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/Channels.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/Channels.tsx
index f2ae0f217..47a25addd 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/Channels.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/Channels.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function GroupChannelSettings(props: GroupChannelSettingsProps) {
       </Text>
       <Text pl='4' gray>Pinning a channel marks it as featured when joining or previewing a group.</Text>
       <Col p="4" width="100%" gapY="3">
-        {channels.map(({ resource, metadata }) => (
+        {channels.filter(({ metadata }) => !metadata.hidden).map(({ resource, metadata }) => (
           <Row justifyContent="space-between" width="100%" key={resource}>
             <Row gapX="2">
               <Icon icon={getModuleIcon(metadata?.config?.graph)} />
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/GroupFeed.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/GroupFeed.tsx
index a0a2cc514..f4ca2a692 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/GroupFeed.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/GroupSettings/GroupFeed.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Box, Col, Row, Text, BaseLabel, Label } from "@tlon/indigo-react";
-import { Association, resourceFromPath, Group } from "@urbit/api";
+import { Association, resourceFromPath, Group, PermVariation } from "@urbit/api";
 import GlobalApi from "~/logic/api/global";
 import { Formik, Form, FormikHelpers } from "formik";
 import {
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import {
 } from "../Home/Post/GroupFeedPerms";
 import { FormSubmit } from "~/views/components/FormSubmit";
 import { StatelessAsyncToggle } from "~/views/components/StatelessAsyncToggle";
+import useMetadataState from "~/logic/state/metadata";
 
 interface FormSchema {
-  permissions: GroupFeedPermissions;
+  permissions: PermVariation;
 }
 
 export function GroupFeedSettings(props: {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export function GroupFeedSettings(props: {
   const isEnabled = !!association?.metadata?.config?.group;
   const resource = resourceFromPath(association.group);
   const feedResource = association?.metadata.config?.group?.resource;
+  const feedAssoc = useMetadataState(s => s.associations.graph[feedResource]);
   const toggleFeed = async () => {
     if (isEnabled) {
       await api.graph.disableGroupFeed(resource);
@@ -30,33 +32,17 @@ export function GroupFeedSettings(props: {
       await api.graph.enableGroupFeed(resource);
     }
   };
-  const writers: Set<string> | undefined =
-    group.tags.graph?.[feedResource]?.writers;
+  const vip = feedAssoc?.metadata?.vip || " "; 
   const initialValues: FormSchema = {
-    permissions: !writers
-      ? "everyone"
-      : writers.size === 1 && writers.has(window.ship)
-      ? "host"
-      : "admins",
+    permissions: vip
   };
+
   const onSubmit = async (
     values: FormSchema,
     actions: FormikHelpers<FormSchema>
   ) => {
-    const tag = {
-      app: "graph",
-      resource: association.metadata.config?.group.resource,
-      tag: "writers",
-    };
+    await api.metadata.update(feedAssoc, { vip: values.permissions.trim() });
 
-    if (values.permissions === "admins") {
-      const admins =
-        Array.from(group.tags?.role?.admin).map((s) => `~${s}`) ?? [];
-
-      await api.groups.addTag(resource, tag, admins);
-    } else if (values.permissions === "host") {
-      await api.groups.addTag(resource, tag, [`~${window.ship}`]);
-    }
     actions.setStatus({ success: null });
   };
   return (
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/EnableGroupFeed.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/EnableGroupFeed.tsx
index 985eed3a2..e5e983654 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/EnableGroupFeed.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/EnableGroupFeed.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import GlobalApi from "~/logic/api/global";
 import { resourceFromPath, Tag, resourceAsPath } from "@urbit/api";
 import useGroupState, { useGroup } from "~/logic/state/group";
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
+import useMetadataState from "~/logic/state/metadata";
 
 
 interface FormSchema {
@@ -32,33 +33,15 @@ export function EnableGroupFeed(props: {
   const initialValues: FormSchema = {
     permissions: "everyone",
   };
-  const group = useGroup(groupPath);
-  const onSubmit = useCallback(
+  const onSubmit = 
     async (values: FormSchema, actions: FormikHelpers<FormSchema>) => {
       const resource = resourceFromPath(groupPath);
-      const vip = (
-        values.permissions === 'host' || values.permissions === 'admins'
-      ) ? 'reader-comments' : '';
       const feed = resourceAsPath(
-        await api.graph.enableGroupFeed(resource, vip)
+        await api.graph.enableGroupFeed(resource, values.permissions.trim())
       );
-      const tag: Tag = {
-        app: "graph",
-        resource: feed,
-        tag: "writers",
-      };
-      if (values.permissions === "admins") {
-        const admins =
-          Array.from(group.tags?.role?.admin).map((s) => `~${s}`) ?? [];
-        await api.groups.addTag(resource, tag, admins);
-      } else if (values.permissions === "host") {
-        await api.groups.addTag(resource, tag, [`~${window.ship}`]);
-      }
       actions.setStatus({ success: null });
       history.replace(`${baseUrl}/feed`);
-    },
-    [groupPath, baseUrl]
-  );
+    };
 
   return (
     <ModalOverlay spacing={[3, 5, 7]} bg="white" dismiss={dismiss}>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/GroupFeedHeader.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/GroupFeedHeader.js
index 87f40a14f..ddd80476d 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/GroupFeedHeader.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/GroupFeedHeader.js
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ export function GroupFeedHeader(props) {
     authorText = node.post.author;
   }
 
-  const permText = (
-    vip === 'reader-comments'
-  ) ? 'Select ships can post' : 'Everyone can post';
+  const permText = (vip === 'host-feed') 
+    ?  'Only host can post'
+    : vip === 'admin-feed'
+    ? 'Only admins can post'
+    : 'Everyone can post';
 
   return (
     <Row 
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/GroupFeedPerms.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/GroupFeedPerms.tsx
index d66002ac3..99fc7c887 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/GroupFeedPerms.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/GroupFeedPerms.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from "@tlon/indigo-react";
 import { PropFunc } from "~/types";
 
-export type GroupFeedPermissions = "everyone" | "host" | "admins";
-
 export function GroupFeedPermsInput(
   props: {
     id: string;
@@ -21,19 +19,19 @@ export function GroupFeedPermsInput(
       <Text fontWeight="medium">Permissions</Text>
       <Radio
         name={id}
-        id="everyone"
+        id=" "
         label="Everyone"
         caption="Everyone in this group can post and edit this feed"
       />
       <Radio
         name={id}
-        id="host"
+        id="host-feed"
         label="Host Only"
-        caption="Only the host can post and edit this feed"
+        caption="Only the host can post this feed. Everyone else may comment"
       />
       <Radio
         name={id}
-        id="admins"
+        id="admin-feed"
         label="Host & Admins Only"
         caption="Only Hosts and Admins can post and edit this feed"
       />
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostInput.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostInput.js
index dff2abd30..047d3b177 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostInput.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Home/Post/PostInput.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import tokenizeMessage from '~/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage';
 import { useToggleState } from '~/logic/lib/useToggleState';
 import { createPost } from '~/logic/api/graph';
 import useStorage from '~/logic/lib/useStorage';
-import { resourceFromPath, isWriter } from '~/logic/lib/group';
+import { resourceFromPath, isWriter, isChannelAdmin, isHost } from '~/logic/lib/group';
 
 function canWrite(props) {
   const { group, association, vip, index } = props;
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ function canWrite(props) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (!!index) {
-    return true;
+  if(vip === 'admin-feed') {
+    return isChannelAdmin(group, association.group);
+  }
+  if(vip === 'host-feed') {
+    return isHost(association.group);
   }
   
   return isWriter(group, association.resource);
diff --git a/pkg/npm/api/metadata/types.ts b/pkg/npm/api/metadata/types.ts
index 4bcd07691..32211e037 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/api/metadata/types.ts
+++ b/pkg/npm/api/metadata/types.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ export interface Metadata {
   vip: PermVariation;
 }
 
-export type PermVariation = '' | 'reader-comments' | 'member-metadata';
+export type PermVariation = '' | 'reader-comments' | 'member-metadata' | 'host-feed' | 'admin-feed';