# Greater visibility for Category Channels

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/greater-visibility-for-category-channels/229131
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [June 6, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/greater-visibility-for-category-channels/229131 "2022-06-06T09:31:18Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/greater-visibility-for-category-channels/229131/16 "2022-07-01T13:43:39Z")

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> [@volanar](#):
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> why should a category have more than one channel?

I think you’re right that it may _often_ be the case that a category only needs 1 channel. But I gave a couple examples earlier here to help illustrate where you may want more than 1:

> [@Removing "Enable Chat" for topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-enable-chat-for-topics/231595/3):
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> A given channel lives in a single category (much like a topic does), and there can be more than one channel in a category.
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> So, for example, we could have channels for `#chat` and `#admin-ui` both live in the #Contribute > Feature category here on meta, which would be accessible to all logged in users.
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> We could also have separate channels in the #lounge category for TL3 members named something like `#lounge` for casual conversation and `#content-gardening` for discussions about improving topic titles and tagging/categorizing existing content better among TL3 users with those permissions.

I think showing the channels that are related to a given category still probably makes sense, but there are many ways we could go about it. I don’t think there’s a single “right” way.

This also fits more broadly into the topic of “[channel discoverability](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicator-that-new-chat-channels-are-available/228188/4)”, and when looked at from that perspective, there are lot of things that make sense to do, so we’ll be keeping that all in mind as we think about how to prioritize these things.

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