# Discourse Chat

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, chat, included-in-core
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881 "2022-07-04T10:47:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881/178 "2025-03-15T18:48:44Z")

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You can create multiple channels all associated with a single category – no need to create a category for every channel.

That said, you’re not the first to point out that the category relationship feels unnecessary. Here’s another recent feature topic about this: [Make it easier to add people to channels through chat UX](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-to-add-people-to-channels-through-chat-ux/356286)

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