# Federation support for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921/108 "2023-04-22T18:25:51Z")

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Yes, the username (aka “preferredUsername”) is set in the category settings. “announcements” is what I set for that category.

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