# 是否可能拥有不同的论坛（类似子版块）？
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2019年三月11日 22:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319 "2019-03-11T22:08:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@swentso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swentso)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/1 "2019-03-11T22:08:58Z")
Hi ! I just discovered Discourse and I’d like to know if it was possible to have separate forums for different subjects ? Just like subreddits.
Thanks !
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/2 "2019-03-11T22:12:38Z")
Discourse has categories, like this:
[Categories - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/categories)
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### Author:  [@swentso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swentso)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/3 "2019-03-11T22:14:05Z")
Yeah I saw that, but it’s not an exact fit for my need. Can people actually subscribe to one category or unsubscribe from it ?
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/4 "2019-03-11T22:16:58Z")
Yes, you can set how you wish to follow a category, like this:
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### Author:  [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/5 "2019-03-11T22:20:32Z")
You can also set up user “groups” and have categories where visibility / access is determined by group membership. This is useful e.g. for a membership site where you want only members of a certain plan to have access to a given category. I’m sure it could be used in all sorts of other ways as well.
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### Author:  [@swentso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swentso)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/6 "2019-03-11T22:20:59Z")
Oh ok! Nice. And could the admin set-up default categories ? like everyone starts with only one and users decide what they wanna follow ?
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### Author:  [@swentso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swentso)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/7 "2019-03-11T22:21:50Z")
Ok ! that’s pretty great. Thank you guys !
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### Author:  [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)
#### Post date: [2019年三月11日 22:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/8 "2019-03-11T22:26:05Z")
Yep! Lots of ways you could do it, there are admin settings to set the default for a category (e.g. watching, tracking, muted). Or you could set certain categories’ permissions to a given group so users have to join a group to have access (useful if you wanted the category hidden entirely for non-group members). Really depends on the use case.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2022年四月24日 05:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/9 "2022-04-24T05:48:34Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [2022年四月24日 06:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319/10 "2022-04-24T06:27:05Z")