# Automatically joined chat channels

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-joined-chat-channels/224921
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat, completed
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-joined-chat-channels/224921 "2022-04-21T08:10:34Z")
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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-joined-chat-channels/224921/2 "2022-04-21T08:29:41Z")

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Thinking out loud, but one concept I would find interesting is to link this to groups.

On each chat channel you would have an `auto_joined_by_groups` option and essentially when a user is created or joining a group we look for associated channels.

I like that it allows to create a custom start experience based on group and also that it will automatically hint to interesting channels when you join a new group.

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AFAIK, other platforms tend to just make you join everything you can interact with.

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