# Adding new members to private chats **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-members-to-private-chats/271995 **Category:** Support **Tags:** chat **Created:** [July 18, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-members-to-private-chats/271995 "2023-07-18T14:40:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-members-to-private-chats/271995/2 "2023-07-18T14:56:52Z")
this has been asked a few times and is discussed here > [@Add a user to existing personal chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-user-to-existing-personal-chat/241193): > > It would be really helpful to be able to add a user to an existing personal chat thread, as per WhatsApp. This would be the ideal place to plonk it (apologies @JammyDodger): [Screenshot 2022-10-07 11.01.10] The main use case is for a psuedo-chat channel (in our case for most of the moderators) which we wish to add to or subtract from occasionally. It would also be nice to have it for personal chat when you need to pull in a third or fourth person for a time. The challenge of course would b… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-members-to-private-chats/271995)._