# 📣 Introducing default chat channels (automatically add users)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-default-chat-channels-automatically-add-users/233141
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** chat, new-feature
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-default-chat-channels-automatically-add-users/233141 "2022-07-18T20:57:34Z")
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### Author: ![Roman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roman/32/157504_2.png) [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-default-chat-channels-automatically-add-users/233141/10 "2022-07-20T14:38:30Z")

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Active has two meanings here. It has to be active, as their email is confirmed, but it also means they visited the site at least once in the last three months (we check their `last_seen_at` attribute for this).

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