# 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: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年二月15日 21:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630/4 "2016-02-15T21:58:27Z")

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I have been quite vocal against presence features but I feel like I would like to experiment with adding presence to private channels (in particular messages) no timeline for it yet.

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