# Shared topics between multiple discourse instances

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-topics-between-multiple-discourse-instances/67528>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 5, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-topics-between-multiple-discourse-instances/67528 "2017-08-05T16:32:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-topics-between-multiple-discourse-instances/67528/1 "2017-08-05T16:32:12Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Facebook Groups - Zuck is coming for us](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-groups-zuck-is-coming-for-us/64437/23):

> [@Facebook Groups - Zuck is coming for us](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-groups-zuck-is-coming-for-us/64437/23):
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> I’m wondering whether the discourse team has any plans or visions regarding ways how users can combine multiple discourse instances into a single newsfeed?

I take it that this is not going to be a priority any time soon, but I really like this idea of linking different discourse instances. So here is a more specific feature suggestion: **multi-forum topics**.

Not sure if and how this could be implemented, but the idea would be that users could request a topic to be shared by another discourse forum, i.e. that the topic would be shown in both forums and members of either community can reply to it.

Use case: @HAWK asked the same question on the feverbee forum and here:

> [@What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-your-discourse-admin-dashboard/67134):
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> I’m working on a redesign of the Admin Dashboard (found at /admin). It currently displays a lot of data but I believe we could do a better job at providing the right kind of data. i.e. the things the community builders need to know at a glance to monitor health & growth and to diagnose problems. What features would be included in your oh-my-god-this-is-the-best-community-dashboard-ever dashboard? What info do you want to get at a glance?

And this topic of mine would probably also be suitable for both these fora:

> [@Semi-public sub-categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semi-public-sub-categories/67516):
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> My forum is currently a public forum with one category (apart from staff and lounge) limited to a specific group. But I have a feeling that in order to encourage more posts from my users, it might be a good idea to give users the possibility to post semi-publicly, i.e. limited to logged in users. My idea is to do this by creating a semi-public sub-category for at least some of the categories. But I’m not entirely sure where this might lead us and whether it’s really a good idea. So before I pro…

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