# Proposal: Consolidating Ansible discussion platforms

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-consolidating-ansible-discussion-platforms/6812>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** community, mindshare, awx\
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-consolidating-ansible-discussion-platforms/6812 "2024-06-27T13:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-consolidating-ansible-discussion-platforms/6812/7 "2024-06-27T16:40:06Z")

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> [@mariolenz](#):
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> I think it’s a good idea to make the forum the _default_ discussion platform.
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> But it’s hard for me to say what to drop. I use Matrix (and I see some valid use cases for chat) and GitHub Discussions for [ansible-inclusion](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions). But I don’t want to say “drop everything else” just because I don’t use it.

You are right, this is about setting the default (though Google Groups will be going away).

I should be clear, Matrix isn’t going away. My team and I are all active in there there every day, and that’s not going to change. This is more about **defaults** , as you correctly state. It’s more that the number of mentions/links to Matrix across out GitHub repos & documentation will likely massively reduce,

I think [ansible-inclusion](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions) actually make very good use of GitHub Discussions (threading, checklists, ability for reviewers to update the top level checklist). This process seems to work well, so I see no reason it should change. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it

> [@mariolenz](#):
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> I don’t object to your proposal, but how about defining the official & default discussion platform in a first step, and then decide what this means for Matrix / IRC / Google Groups / GitHub Discussions / Slack in a second one?

Google Groups will be going away, they aren’t in a good state. It’s a difficult platform to use, and it overlaps directly with The Forum, and offers far fewer features.

If there are repos with GitHub Discussion (ansible-lint for example only has [3 posts this year](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/discussions)), then I feel it’s OK to archive those.

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