# Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [2016年二月15日 21:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630 "2016-02-15T21:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![purldator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月15日 21:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630/2 "2016-02-15T21:54:23Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> A discussion that starts on Slack may generate deeper thoughts better expressed in a long-form medium like Discourse. After authoring a post on Discourse, a link can be dropped in the right Slack channel to inform people.

_That_ got me thinking. (You may probably smell my mind’s overclocking burn from where you be, haha.)

My biggest problem–and the one thing preventing me from using Discourse–is lack of online presence, especially in regards to [knowing the actions of other users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-all-are-writing-replies-to-a-topic/38884/33) engaged upon a specific topic.

I would rather not split my users between two apps.

However, to use Slack (or Mattermost _or_ Rocket.Chat) as a tagging field, coordinator and “drawing board” discussion spot to create long-form topics…that sounds feasible.

With Hubot Rest API integration, it may make things less about two separate apps and more about using Slack as a “lobby” for the bigger discussion Discourse-side.

Thank you for posting this.

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