# Importing from Zulip?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-zulip/162295>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-zulip/162295 "2020-08-27T20:45:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulrudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paulrudy/32/259901_2.png) [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-zulip/162295/5 "2020-08-27T22:03:59Z")

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Good point. Although the way we use Zulip (and others use chat apps like Slack) seems to include both contemporaneous chat as well as archive-worthy discussion. I hesitate to ask people to have to keep track of two platforms. Any reason why Discourse is less than ideal for chat?

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