- Aug 17, 2017
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Reddit has introduced yet another way to chat on the platform, and this time the company appears serious about it. Chat channels, which have launched on 25 volunteer subreddits, are a new way to message within a particular subreddit. The idea, basically, is for the chat channel to be a Discord or Telegram-like space where you can chat with other subreddit members in real time. Reddit already has a feature called Live Chat, which allows anyone to create a new post and then chat within it. Chat channels are different. In a post announcing the feature, the company says that the idea is for chat channels to be dedicated spaces that persist within a subreddit, rather than one-off chat locations.

Reddit launches chat channels, coming for Discord and Telegram
Moderators will get more control this time around, the company says.
