# Thoughts about replies in RSS Chat

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By Tim, September 25, 2026 at 21:39 UTC. Tags: RSS Chat, webmentions.
Web version: https://twowavesandadot.blog/thoughts-about-replies-in-rss-chat.html
In reply to: https://quantumgardener.info/notes/rss-replies-are-promising,-but-discovery-is-the-hard-part

Interesting article about the difficulty of getting/discovering replies in a [RSS Chat](https://twowavesandadot.blog/what-is-rss-chat-and-what-not.html) world and possible solutions.

https://quantumgardener.info/notes/rss-replies-are-promising,-but-discovery-is-the-hard-part

That makes me think about a possible role for [Downread](https://downread.com)'s feed catalog. Downread already evaluates and stores RSS Chat's *inReplyTo*. But it's not using it yet. It could, however, use it to create a list of replies to a post or feed. Maybe that's a useful feature worth exploring.