# Using multiple discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666 "2019-05-25T15:14:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@HugoTrentesaux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HugoTrentesaux)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666/1 "2019-05-25T15:14:49Z")
There are several posts about hosting multiple discourse instances, but I’ve not seen one about managing several discourse instance _as a user_.
I am using a lot of discourse forums on a daily basis as:
- forum.duniter. org
- forum.monnaie-libre. fr
- discourse.partipirate. org
- base.extinctionrebellion. fr
- forum.monnaie-democratique. fr
- forum.manjaro. org
- rookieclub. org
and it starts being a bit cumbersome to manage. (sorry for the links, new users can only have two per topic)
On desktop(s), what I have is a dedicated browser (chromium) for these forums that I pin in tabs.
On mobile, I do the same because the discourse app does not work with chromium (only chrome that I do not want on my device).
Before getting [a federated discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-implementation-for-discourse/107263), do you have other tricks to make it easier?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666/2 "2019-05-26T07:49:34Z")
What do you mean by “easier”? What do you mean by “cumbersome to manage”? How could it be easier, specifically? I’m not following. Maybe if you listed some specific issues or specific things you are proposing.
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### Author:  [@HugoTrentesaux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HugoTrentesaux)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666/3 "2019-05-27T13:06:11Z")
Yes, I mean “cumbersome to manage”.
For example, there could be a way to export account parameters (picture, bio, notification settings…) and import it on an other instance to avoid having to manually set everything. Or there could be a way to set a proxy for summary by mail in order to receive less of it. These are just example, but basically I just want to know if someone else meet the same problems and has his own workaround and would like to share it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666/4 "2019-05-27T18:59:50Z")
> [@HugoTrentesaux](#):
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> there could be a way to export account parameters (picture, bio, notification settings…) and import it on an other instance to avoid having to manually set everything
Ah yes this is a good idea!