# Discourse inside an organisation / company **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [January 20, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-inside-an-organisation-company/252421 "2023-01-20T14:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Daan\_Seegers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daan_seegers/32/99611_2.png) [@Daan\_Seegers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daan_Seegers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-inside-an-organisation-company/252421/1 "2023-01-20T14:45:00Z")
Hey everyone, A while ago I read an article about Slack versus Discourse and how they could go hand in hand. Slack for direct communication (for example when a server is down that manages important processes) and communication on Discourse for the bigger picture: discussions on how to improve business processes, for example. I mainly come across articles about communities and how Discourse can help with that. Look at companies that offer a community for their customers, such as [fly.io](https://community.fly.io/), that have a community around their product(s). Now I wondered whether the application is also used internally within organizations/companies, what kind of organizational structure they have and how the application is used. Think that discourse can mainly be used in flat organizations, where you have (almost) no hierarchy. Links: > **[Slack vs Discourse and when to use each](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/slack-vs-discourse-and-when-to-use-each/187)** > > With the introduction of Discourse to our community, a common question given that Slack is already well-established is when you should use one vs the other TL;DR: Would a better answer tomorrow be helpful, or is right now all that matters? If... --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-inside-an-organisation-company/252421)._