# Revitalizing the Discourse Hub

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/revitalizing-the-discourse-hub/15029>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Tags:** discourse-hub\
**Created:** [24 באפריל,‏ 2014,‏ 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revitalizing-the-discourse-hub/15029 "2014-04-24T07:49:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 בספטמבר,‏ 2021,‏ 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revitalizing-the-discourse-hub/15029/36 "2021-09-28T14:41:16Z")

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As the Matrix protocol gets more mature, it’s got a lot of properties that we should look to replicate with a more centralized (but still open source and without lock-in) approach in Discourse Hub.

> **[Spaces launch in Element](https://element.io/blog/spaces-blast-out-of-beta/)**
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> Spaces rethink grouping rooms and people, fundamentally improving Element and Matrix to better group conversations instead of viewing all rooms all of the time.

> **[Spaces launch in Element](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28680387)**
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> 379 points —
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> liotier —
> 8:09 AM - 28 Sep 2021

> _Arathorn (Element lead dev) said:_
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> For what it’s worth, the thing I find _really_ exciting about Spaces is that they provide a way to create a decentralised global hierarchical directory structure for realtime data. It’s like a free-for-all global USENET hierarchy that anyone can curate or contribute to, complete with decentralised ACLs. Or like DMOZ but for chatrooms. We haven’t published a “root” space as [Matrix.org](http://Matrix.org) yet (as the “subspace” hierarchy feature is still in beta), but I cannot wait to kill off the public room directory for [Matrix.org](http://Matrix.org) (which is a total tirefire atm) and replace it with decentralised hierarchies of rooms that the community can moderate and curate like any other content.
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> Add in voice/video rooms, async comms (messageboards, forums, mailing lists, newsgroups), decentralised metaverse worlds like thirdroom ([https://youtu.be/e26UJRCGfGk?t=2263](https://youtu.be/e26UJRCGfGk?t=2263)) and then you end up with a skeleton for a whole open universe of interoperable communication.
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> Next up: decentralised search for discovery as well as decentralised hierarchies…

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