# Matrix protocol for chat

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780 "2021-12-01T22:02:26Z")
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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780/8 "2022-06-14T10:03:27Z")

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It is, over here in fact:

> [@ActivityPub Support: Phase 1 RFC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-support-phase-1-rfc/132624):
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> Continuing from [Federation support for Discourse - #21 by rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921/21), [Tools to "aggregate" many Discourse forums? - #27 by Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tools-to-aggregate-many-discourse-forums/81899/27) and [ActivityPub Implementation for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-implementation-for-discourse/107263)Why? A common problem that many Discourse users face is the inability to show an aggregation of all the interest groups that they are subscribed to. There’s no easy way to consume content from multiple Discourse instances in the form of a central and social user feed. Centralised platforms like Reddit get around this by having…

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