Rocket.Chat discussions allow you to have a separate conversation about larger topics in a team or channel. Use discussions to address specific topics and their related conversations. They are displayed under the Discussions section of the sidebar and identified by 
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Discussions must belong to a parent team or channel.
For example, you have an Engineering-Team in your workspace and created a channel under that team called Website-Development-Channel. Let's break down the conversations about each feature of the website into discussions. Now, you can have a Website-Landing-Page discussion where all the conversations about the landing page occur.
Discussion information
The room information screen gives detailed information about the current discussion. These details include:
Name: The name of the discussion and how users see the title and find the discussion via search.
Description: The description of the discussion.
Announcement: Announcements are posted in a bar under the discussion header.
Topic: The topic here is next to the channel header's title. It shows which channel or group the discussion is linked to.
Private: When this option is enabled, the discussion is made private. It is only visible to its members. Use private discussions for sensitive, confidential subjects that are not open to all members.
Read Only: Indicates whether a discussion is read-only. In read-only discussions, only people with permission can post messages. Private discussions can be joined by invitation only. The administrator sets the permissions, determining who can invite others. By default, only administrators, room owners, and moderators can invite others to private rooms.
Archived: Enable archiving a discussion. Nobody can post messages in an archived discussion, and searching will not find it. Admins can find archived channels using the Directory.
Password to access: Protect the discussion with a password and allow you to set the password. If a discussion is password-protected, users are required to enter the password to become a discussion member.
In the next sub-topics, you will find information on how to create and manage discussions.