# Discourse without company
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 5, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173 "2022-03-05T22:46:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@swetepete](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swetepete)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/1 "2022-03-05T22:46:16Z")
I think Discourse has an excellent format for Q and A; are there any examples of people using it for a topic rather than just for a specific company?
Like a Discourse for asking and answering literature questions or something.
Thanks very much
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/2 "2022-03-05T23:03:46Z")
Loads of examples, how about the Interactive Fiction community, for example: [https://intfiction.org/](https://intfiction.org/)
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### Author:  [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/3 "2022-03-06T03:55:10Z")
We use it for the _general_ concept of photography and processing with Free/Open Source Software over at [https://discuss.pixls.us](https://discuss.pixls.us).
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### Author:  [@swetepete](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swetepete)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/4 "2022-03-06T20:54:32Z")
Thanks.
Is there any way different discourses could be combined into one app / site, so you can browse, discover and save communities on various topics?
Basically, like Reddit but without the toxicity, or like Stack Overflow but more freedom.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/5 "2022-03-06T20:55:33Z")
This has been discussed here:
> [@Federation support for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921):
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> The mail goal of this feature is to connect all the Discourse communities like how [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) makes use of global and local feeds to maintain a healthy and decentralized network of Mastodon instances which allows a user from one instance to connect, follow, and discuss on topics of another instance. I think this will open up a lot of new features for Discourse. The benefit Imagine being able to just connect to your own local community and then be able to get news about other topics from other Di…
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### Author:  [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/6 "2022-03-07T18:20:24Z")
Quemuse comes to mind: [https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quemuse](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quemuse)
You can learn more about it on AlternativeTo: [https://alternativeto.net/software/quemuse/about/](https://alternativeto.net/software/quemuse/about/)
> [@My fall and return on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-fall-and-return-on-discourse/184133):
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> Hello Discourse! If you don’t me, I’m the creator of a social media app and website powered by the incredible Discourse platform. I abandoned the startup when I was downright completely hopeless - both on finding success on my app as well as my life/mental health. I deleted my website, my server, and my apps off iOS and Android. I removed most mentions of me and the app on the web, too. All the excruciatingly hard work I poured in for ~12 hours a day felt wasted and forgotten. I felt like a com…
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22321042](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22321042)
[https://www.producthunt.com/posts/quemuse](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/quemuse)
[https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-thoughts-on-Quemuse](https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-thoughts-on-Quemuse)
[https://appadvice.com/app/quemuse/1492844731](https://appadvice.com/app/quemuse/1492844731)
> **[Introducing Quemuse - The Future of Q&A - IssueWire](https://www.issuewire.com/introducing-quemuse-the-future-of-qa-1658036462621938)**
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> We all have what seems to be an endless amount of questions. Now we finally have the best platform to ask them, quickly and easily.
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.appmaker.ephfdn](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.appmaker.ephfdn)
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### Author:  [@Aisido](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aisido)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-company/220173/7 "2022-10-06T12:47:14Z")
Great and insightful piece of article.well done mate!!