# Dedicated chat client? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** chat\ **Created:** [May 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021 "2024-05-15T05:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![jordan-violet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/1 "2024-05-15T05:06:04Z")
My business is ramping up our usage of Discourse, now building “micro communities” within our community—that is, other business units want to do their user-facing operations through Discourse. As a forcing function, I’m having my team move all of our operations to Discourse, eg: > [@Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-you-should-use-discourse-internally-for-your-company-team-instead-of-slack-4-years-use-case/296983): > > We have been using Discourse as the main tool for communication, record keeping, research documenting, lab journaling tool for over 4 years. I will argue that most companies would greatly benefit from having Discourse as their main communication tool rather than Slack & email chains & WhatsApp. It boils down to this: If you believe there is any value in the conversations between employees for future reflection then you need Discourse. The simple reason is that channel based instant messaging … One thing we’re immediately noticing is the need for some improved experiences with chat, namely, a dedicated chat client. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021)._