I am looking into 3rd party software to handle what amounts to a need for a large number of very small forums. We have our own custom solution but would love it if this is something discourse could handle. Basically it amounts to a chat room about a specific event, of which there in theory, could be thousands. The creation of these small forums would have to be automated and consist of just a few categories. Any information would be appreciated including a link to anyone trying something like this. Dave

If you really mean “chat”, that is ephemeral discussions of thousands of short posts, Discourse is a bad solution, regardless of your “many small forums” question. If you want many small forums, you can do that with multisite. You’ll need to create a database for each forum, however, and I think that it won’t scale well into the thoussands.

[Bild] David_Razidlo1: a chat room about a specific event [Bild] pfaffman: If you want many small forums, you can do that with multisite. You’ll need to create a database for each forum, however, and I think that it won’t scale well into the thoussands. @pfaffman, what about focusing on group messages in one forum, with one message per event? :thinking: @David_Razidlo, how many users do you expect to chat about each event? Do you want all users to have access to each chat?

[Bild] papyrophilia: what about focusing on group messages in one forum Oh. Right! I made the mistake of answering what I thought he was asking (“a large number of very small forums”) rather than what his use case describes. Yes. I’d make an “event” be either a group PM, a single topic (especially if you don’t care who can see it). Maybe create a topic, have the users forced to watch it somehow, and immediately un-list it so that it doesn’t show up to anyone who doesn’t have the URL.

[Bild] pfaffman: I made the mistake of answering what I thought he was asking (“a large number of very small forums”) rather than what his use case describes. #techiesgonnatech :laughing: Seriously, I don’t think you made a mistake at all; I just wondered about other workarounds. Really, more information about the user story would be helpful for brainstorming, I think.

I think I have some background reading to do. To be clear, we will create what amounts to an event that has a place and time. Then, we want people that look at this event (they can be public or private) to be able to chat about it. An example would be a company picnic where people might chat about things specific to that event. Right now it is a custom system that is very simple, just allowing a single thread with posts and replies. If possible, I would like to use Discourse to create small forums which might even be a single “general” category. I plan to better understand discourse but not for a couple months. Thanks, Dave

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