diff --git a/packages/cms/src/access/require-one-of.ts b/packages/cms/src/access/require-one-of.ts
index 54d004c5..c08f7cd6 100644
--- a/packages/cms/src/access/require-one-of.ts
+++ b/packages/cms/src/access/require-one-of.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import {type GeneratedTypes} from 'payload';
-import {type Access} from 'payload/config';
+import {type FieldAccess, type TypeWithID} from 'payload/types';
 import {type SessionUser} from '../collections/users';
 
 type Role = GeneratedTypes['collections']['users']['roles'][number];
 
-export function requireOneOf(...args: Role[]): Access<unknown, SessionUser> {
+export function requireOneOf(
+  ...args: Role[]
+): FieldAccess<unknown & TypeWithID, SessionUser> {
   return ({req}) => {
     const user: SessionUser = req.user;
 
diff --git a/packages/cms/src/collections/groupchats.ts b/packages/cms/src/collections/groupchats.ts
index c6555c4b..f9e327a9 100644
--- a/packages/cms/src/collections/groupchats.ts
+++ b/packages/cms/src/collections/groupchats.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ export const Groupchats: CollectionConfig = {
         {label: 'WhatsApp', value: 'whatsapp'},
       ],
     },
+    {
+      name: 'showUnauthenticated',
+      type: 'checkbox',
+      label: 'Show to unauthenticated users?',
+      defaultValue: false,
+      admin: {
+        description:
+          'This potentially allows bots to scrape this groupchat from the page. If you have measures to prevent botting, you can select this for more visibility.',
+        // Facebook groups / Instagram profiles are always shown, so we just hide this checkbox in that case
+        condition: (data) =>
+          data.platform && !['facebook', 'instagram'].includes(data.platform),
+      },
+    },
     {name: 'description', type: 'text'},
     {
       name: 'url',
@@ -92,6 +105,9 @@ export const Groupchats: CollectionConfig = {
         ],
       },
       validate: (url, {data}) => {
+        // Validate only server-side to allow beforeValidate to run properly before this.
+        if (typeof window !== 'undefined') return true;
+
         if (!url) return 'This field is required.';
 
         const urlMatcher = platformUrlMatchers[data.platform];
@@ -116,8 +132,10 @@ export const Groupchats: CollectionConfig = {
       type: 'number',
       min: 0,
       max: 100,
-      required: true,
       defaultValue: 0,
+      access: {
+        read: requireOneOf('groupchats-admin'),
+      },
       admin: {
         description:
           'This value may be used to push results. A value of 0 means no promotion. Any value between 1 and 100 may be used to order promoted groupchats.',
@@ -208,6 +226,8 @@ export const Groupchats: CollectionConfig = {
         const typesenseDoc = {
           ...sanitized,
           id: doc.id.toString(),
+          promoted: doc.promoted ?? 0,
+          showUnauthenticated: doc.showUnauthenticated ?? false,
           keywords: keywords.docs.map((k) => k.value),
         };
         await typesenseClient
diff --git a/packages/cms/src/cron-jobs/groupchat-sync.ts b/packages/cms/src/cron-jobs/groupchat-sync.ts
index 9242dbab..986f7609 100644
--- a/packages/cms/src/cron-jobs/groupchat-sync.ts
+++ b/packages/cms/src/cron-jobs/groupchat-sync.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ const schema: CollectionCreateSchema = {
       type: 'string',
       facet: true,
     },
+    {
+      name: 'showUnauthenticated',
+      type: 'bool',
+    },
     {
       name: 'promoted',
       type: 'int32',
@@ -73,9 +77,10 @@ const syncGroupchatsToTypesense = async () => {
     });
 
     const typesenseChats = groupchats.map(
-      ({id, createdAt, updatedAt, keywords, ...rest}) => ({
+      ({id, createdAt, updatedAt, keywords, showUnauthenticated, ...rest}) => ({
         ...rest,
         id: id.toString(),
+        showUnauthenticated: showUnauthenticated ?? false,
         keywords:
           keywords?.map((keyword) =>
             typeof keyword === 'object' ? keyword.value : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/cms/src/graphql/queries/groupchat-search-token.ts b/packages/cms/src/graphql/queries/groupchat-search-token.ts
index 0d20beda..81b95983 100644
--- a/packages/cms/src/graphql/queries/groupchat-search-token.ts
+++ b/packages/cms/src/graphql/queries/groupchat-search-token.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ export const groupchatSearchTokenQuery: QueryFactory<string, void> = (
   resolve: async (_: unknown, __, context) => {
     const {isLoggedIn} = await getAuthStateFromRequest(context.req);
 
-    const accessiblePlatforms: GroupchatPlatform[] = ['facebook'];
+    const accessiblePlatforms: GroupchatPlatform[] = ['facebook', 'instagram'];
 
     if (isLoggedIn) {
       accessiblePlatforms.push('discord', 'signal', 'telegram', 'whatsapp');
     }
 
-    const filterBy = `platform:=[${accessiblePlatforms.join(',')}]`;
+    const filterBy = `platform:=[${accessiblePlatforms.join(
+      ',',
+    )}] || showUnauthenticated: true`;
 
     return typesenseClient
       .keys()
diff --git a/packages/cms/src/payload-types.ts b/packages/cms/src/payload-types.ts
index f52898ff..16774592 100644
--- a/packages/cms/src/payload-types.ts
+++ b/packages/cms/src/payload-types.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export interface Groupchat {
   description?: string | null;
   url: string;
   keywords?: (number | GroupchatKeyword)[] | null;
+  showUnauthenticated?: boolean | null;
   promoted: number;
   owners?: (string | User)[] | null;
   updatedAt: string;
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/groupchat.ts b/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/groupchat.ts
index 6c018015..4587459e 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/groupchat.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/groupchat.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export type Groupchat = {
   name: string;
   url: string;
+  showUnauthenticated?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ProcessedGroupchat = Groupchat & {platform: string};
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/sources/wixsite.ts b/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/sources/wixsite.ts
index 146cd997..497dc950 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/sources/wixsite.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/scrape-groupchats/sources/wixsite.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const scrapeFromWix = async (url: string): Promise<Groupchat[]> => {
     return {
       url,
       name: a.innerText,
+      showUnauthenticated: true,
     };
   });
 };
diff --git a/packages/web/src/app/groupchats/components/group-chat-search.tsx b/packages/web/src/app/groupchats/components/group-chat-search.tsx
index fb4dc740..747de511 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/app/groupchats/components/group-chat-search.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/app/groupchats/components/group-chat-search.tsx
@@ -34,22 +34,14 @@ export const GroupChatSearch: FC<{isLoggedIn: boolean}> = ({isLoggedIn}) => {
         <p>Not seeing what you are looking for?</p>
         <p>
           <InformationCircleIcon className='mr-2 inline-block h-6 w-6 text-brand-800' />
-          Ask the group&apos;s admin to shoot me a message{' '}
-          <a
-            className='underline decoration-brand-500'
-            href='https://discord.com/users/290193372407136256'
-            target='_blank'
-            rel='noreferrer'
-          >
-            over on Discord
-          </a>{' '}
-          to get the group on here!
+          Ask the group&apos;s admin to head over{' '}
+          <a href={process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD_URL}>here</a>!
         </p>
 
         {!isLoggedIn && (
           <p>
             <ExclamationTriangleIcon className='mr-2 inline-block h-6 w-6 text-warning' />
-            Only Facebook groups and Instagram pages are available without{' '}
+            Only specific chats are available without{' '}
             <Link
               href='#'
               onClick={() => navigateToLogin()}