# Chat-like forums - open topic to the right from the list of topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-like-forums-open-topic-to-the-right-from-the-list-of-topics/290722
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 6, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-like-forums-open-topic-to-the-right-from-the-list-of-topics/290722 "2024-01-06T10:46:11Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-like-forums-open-topic-to-the-right-from-the-list-of-topics/290722/8 "2024-01-06T17:52:28Z")

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> [@drabiv](#):
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> chat channels

We have [Discourse chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881) which is now included in core by default.

> [@drabiv](#):
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> categories where users write posts instead of topics

You could always change the ‘New Topic’ to '‘New Post’ in customise text or this TC [Customize new topic button text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-new-topic-button-text-based-on-category-or-tag/269086)?

> [@drabiv](#):
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> Discord-like design

Discourse and Discord are both very good separately but work well together. See more in the blog below. They can both coexist but one is asynchronous and one is synchronous (discord) its a different way of communicating.

> **[Discord and Discourse - Better Together](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/05/discord-and-discourse-better-together/)**
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> Here’s a question we get a lot — Discourse and Discord. They sound awfully similar, but are they the same?

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