# Using Discourse as a social media platform **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [August 30, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133 "2021-08-30T16:16:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 69
### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz) #### Post date: [October 5, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133/69 "2021-10-05T13:10:17Z")
It looks like Discourse has a plug-in that behaves a lot like the Google+ “Circles” feature. > [@Discourse Assign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044): > > discourse2Summary Discourse Assign provides the ability to assign topics and individual posts (both private and public) to a user or group.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator (for configuration), members of allowed groups (for using assignments) discourse2 Hosted by us? This plugin is available on our Business and Enterprise p… Oh, and here is a Discourse community that looks similar to Google+ at face value. What kind of plug-ins and theme components does it use (or is it a full theme)? Is anybody willing to ask them about it? [https://forums.runehammer.online/](https://forums.runehammer.online/) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133)._