diff --git a/proposals/1772-groups-as-rooms.md b/proposals/1772-groups-as-rooms.md
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@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ nested within it.
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+XXX: alternatively, perhaps all the rooms and subgroups should be their own
+state event with a unique state key, ensuring that this can scale to large
+groups and doesn't have to be edited atomically.
+
 Name, Topic, Membership etc share the same events as a normal room.
 
 The flair for a group is given by the room avatar.