# Discourse vs Slack **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-slack/46065 **Category:** Site feedback **Created:** [June 20, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-slack/46065 "2016-06-20T11:35:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [June 20, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-slack/46065/4 "2016-06-20T12:49:42Z")
Please continue this discussion here: > [@Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630): > > Discourse vs. Slack Finding the right place for a discussion On Slack, discussions are separated into different channels. This shares many of the same problems as groups in email - it’s not clear which channels exist, which ones are still active, and where a particular discussion should take place. On Discourse, discussions will be visible to everyone so it doesn’t matter as much which category you choose when a topic is created. And if it seems like a topic should later be moved to another cat… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-slack/46065)._