diff --git a/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte b/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
index 96d4bd6..4717874 100644
--- a/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@
   import ModalFooter from "@lib/components/ModalFooter.svelte"
   import InfoBunker from "@app/components/InfoBunker.svelte"
   import BunkerConnect, {BunkerConnectController} from "@app/components/BunkerConnect.svelte"
-  import {
-    GENERAL,
-    alerts,
-    getMembershipUrls,
-    getMembershipRoomsByUrl,
-    userMembership,
-  } from "@app/state"
+  import {alerts, getMembershipUrls, getMembershipRoomsByUrl, userMembership} from "@app/state"
   import {loadAlertStatuses} from "@app/requests"
   import {publishAlert} from "@app/commands"
   import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@
       display.push("chat")
       filters.push({
         kinds: [MESSAGE],
-        "#h": [GENERAL, ...getMembershipRoomsByUrl(relay, $userMembership)],
+        "#h": getMembershipRoomsByUrl(relay, $userMembership),
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/components/CalendarEventForm.svelte b/src/app/components/CalendarEventForm.svelte
index cdbf78c..cd0725f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/CalendarEventForm.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/CalendarEventForm.svelte
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   import ModalFooter from "@lib/components/ModalFooter.svelte"
   import DateTimeInput from "@lib/components/DateTimeInput.svelte"
   import EditorContent from "@app/editor/EditorContent.svelte"
-  import {PROTECTED, GENERAL, tagRoom} from "@app/state"
+  import {PROTECTED} from "@app/state"
   import {makeEditor} from "@app/editor"
   import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
 
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
         ["end", end.toString()],
         ...daysBetween(start, end).map(D => ["D", D.toString()]),
         ...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags(),
-        tagRoom(GENERAL, url),
         PROTECTED,
       ],
     })
diff --git a/src/app/components/ChannelName.svelte b/src/app/components/ChannelName.svelte
index 5199bb7..e6c23cb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ChannelName.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ChannelName.svelte
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import {GENERAL, channelsById, makeChannelId} from "@app/state"
+  import {channelsById, makeChannelId} from "@app/state"
 
   const {url, room} = $props()
 </script>
 
-{#if room === GENERAL}
-  general
-{:else}
-  {$channelsById.get(makeChannelId(url, room))?.name || room}
-{/if}
+{$channelsById.get(makeChannelId(url, room))?.name || room}
diff --git a/src/app/components/EventReply.svelte b/src/app/components/EventReply.svelte
index 1320721..7765c47 100644
--- a/src/app/components/EventReply.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/EventReply.svelte
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   import ModalFooter from "@lib/components/ModalFooter.svelte"
   import EditorContent from "@app/editor/EditorContent.svelte"
   import {publishComment} from "@app/commands"
-  import {tagRoom, GENERAL, PROTECTED} from "@app/state"
+  import {PROTECTED} from "@app/state"
   import {makeEditor} from "@app/editor"
   import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     const ed = await editor
     const content = ed.getText({blockSeparator: "\n"}).trim()
-    const tags = [...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags(), tagRoom(GENERAL, url), PROTECTED]
+    const tags = [...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags(), PROTECTED]
 
     if (!content) {
       return pushToast({
diff --git a/src/app/components/ThreadCreate.svelte b/src/app/components/ThreadCreate.svelte
index d0a16c6..ed49f17 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ThreadCreate.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ThreadCreate.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   import ModalFooter from "@lib/components/ModalFooter.svelte"
   import EditorContent from "@app/editor/EditorContent.svelte"
   import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
-  import {GENERAL, tagRoom, PROTECTED} from "@app/state"
+  import {PROTECTED} from "@app/state"
   import {makeEditor} from "@app/editor"
 
   const {url} = $props()
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@
       })
     }
 
-    const tags = [
-      ...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags(),
-      tagRoom(GENERAL, url),
-      ["title", title],
-      PROTECTED,
-    ]
+    const tags = [...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags(), ["title", title], PROTECTED]
 
     publishThunk({
       relays: [url],
diff --git a/src/app/state.ts b/src/app/state.ts
index 7332fea..fbf7dc9 100644
--- a/src/app/state.ts
+++ b/src/app/state.ts
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ export const fromCsv = (s: string) => (s || "").split(",").filter(identity)
 
 export const ROOM = "h"
 
-export const GENERAL = "_"
-
 export const PROTECTED = ["-"]
 
 export const ALERT = 32830
@@ -582,13 +580,8 @@ export const channelsByUrl = derived(channelsById, $channelsById => {
   return $channelsByUrl
 })
 
-export const displayChannel = (url: string, room: string) => {
-  if (room === GENERAL) {
-    return "general"
-  }
-
-  return channelsById.get().get(makeChannelId(url, room))?.name || room
-}
+export const displayChannel = (url: string, room: string) =>
+  channelsById.get().get(makeChannelId(url, room))?.name || room
 
 export const roomComparator = (url: string) => (room: string) =>
   displayChannel(url, room).toLowerCase()
@@ -633,17 +626,13 @@ export const userRoomsByUrl = withGetter(
       addToMapKey($userRoomsByUrl, normalizeRelayUrl(url), room)
     }
 
-    for (const url of getRelayTagValues(tags)) {
-      addToMapKey($userRoomsByUrl, normalizeRelayUrl(url), GENERAL)
-    }
-
     return $userRoomsByUrl
   }),
 )
 
 export const deriveUserRooms = (url: string) =>
   derived(userRoomsByUrl, $userRoomsByUrl =>
-    sortBy(roomComparator(url), uniq(Array.from($userRoomsByUrl.get(url) || [GENERAL]))),
+    sortBy(roomComparator(url), uniq(Array.from($userRoomsByUrl.get(url) || []))),
   )
 
 export const deriveOtherRooms = (url: string) =>
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/+layout.svelte
index 545bf88..fd03570 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import type {Snippet} from 'svelte'
+  import type {Snippet} from "svelte"
   import {page} from "$app/stores"
 
   type Props = {
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[room]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[room]/+page.svelte
index dfdf9c0..be60f54 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[room]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[room]/+page.svelte
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   import {
     userSettingValues,
     decodeRelay,
-    GENERAL,
     tagRoom,
     userRoomsByUrl,
     displayChannel,
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
   import {popKey} from "@app/implicit"
   import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
 
-  const {room = GENERAL} = $page.params
+  const {room} = $page.params
   const mounted = now()
   const lastChecked = $checked[$page.url.pathname]
   const url = decodeRelay($page.params.relay)
@@ -252,22 +251,20 @@
   {/snippet}
   {#snippet action()}
     <div class="row-2">
-      {#if room !== GENERAL}
-        {#if $userRoomsByUrl.get(url)?.has(room)}
-          <Button class="btn btn-neutral btn-sm" onclick={leaveRoom}>
-            <Icon icon="arrows-a-logout-2" />
-            Leave Room
-          </Button>
-        {:else}
-          <Button class="btn btn-neutral btn-sm" disabled={joiningRoom} onclick={joinRoom}>
-            {#if joiningRoom}
-              <span class="loading loading-spinner loading-sm"></span>
-            {:else}
-              <Icon icon="login-2" />
-            {/if}
-            Join Room
-          </Button>
-        {/if}
+      {#if $userRoomsByUrl.get(url)?.has(room)}
+        <Button class="btn btn-neutral btn-sm" onclick={leaveRoom}>
+          <Icon icon="arrows-a-logout-2" />
+          Leave Room
+        </Button>
+      {:else}
+        <Button class="btn btn-neutral btn-sm" disabled={joiningRoom} onclick={joinRoom}>
+          {#if joiningRoom}
+            <span class="loading loading-spinner loading-sm"></span>
+          {:else}
+            <Icon icon="login-2" />
+          {/if}
+          Join Room
+        </Button>
       {/if}
       <MenuSpaceButton {url} />
     </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/calendar/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/calendar/+page.svelte
index 60ddb1f..e5a4a35 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/calendar/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/calendar/+page.svelte
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   import CalendarEventItem from "@app/components/CalendarEventItem.svelte"
   import CalendarEventCreate from "@app/components/CalendarEventCreate.svelte"
   import {pushModal} from "@app/modal"
-  import {GENERAL, getEventsForUrl, decodeRelay} from "@app/state"
+  import {getEventsForUrl, decodeRelay} from "@app/state"
   import {makeCalendarFeed} from "@app/requests"
   import {setChecked} from "@app/notifications"
 
@@ -92,10 +92,8 @@
   })
 
   onMount(() => {
-    const feedFilters = [{kinds: [EVENT_TIME], "#h": [GENERAL]}]
-    const subscriptionFilters = [
-      {kinds: [DELETE, REACTION, EVENT_TIME], "#h": [GENERAL], since: now()},
-    ]
+    const feedFilters = [{kinds: [EVENT_TIME]}]
+    const subscriptionFilters = [{kinds: [DELETE, REACTION, EVENT_TIME], since: now()}]
 
     ;({events, cleanup} = makeCalendarFeed({
       element: element!,