# Federation support for Discourse **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** completed\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921 "2018-06-28T05:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![buoyantair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/buoyantair/32/119805_2.png) [@buoyantair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/buoyantair)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921/1 "2018-06-28T05:32:10Z")
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 Discourse communities you followed elsewhere! - You no longer have to create an account in every Discourse community because you can always subscribe and comment on topics in those communities! - It structurally decentralizes all the communities while at the same time connecting everyone! ## Things to note? - An instance owner has the ability to block certain people from other communities from interacting with their community. - They also have the right to choose the community to be private or that the content of the community can only be shared to a particular group of communities. I have not really thought about the cons of this feature but do let me know what you think about this feature! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921)._