# Tighter integration between chat and forum - discussing ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** chat\ **Created:** [May 25, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-between-chat-and-forum-discussing-ideas/228088 "2022-05-25T15:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Poyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan_poyer/32/258087_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Poyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Poyer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-between-chat-and-forum-discussing-ideas/228088/4 "2022-05-30T20:21:23Z")
In my opinion, chat attached to topic are for short ideation/things that do not need to be persisted over time. I could think on my forum of a feature topic on which I attached a chat. The chat would be to discuss things in quick manner but to keep the topic tidy with only persisting replies. I could also think of having a chat in whisper mode so only people in a specific group could see/reply to then finalize an answer on the topic while the side discussion doesn’t need to be persisted (I think to remember of a feature idea to allow whisper mode to groups instead of staff only?) All in all, I would prefer a third column than an expand button at the beginning --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-between-chat-and-forum-discussing-ideas/228088)._