> Recently I had the absurd situation of someone using threaded replies in a direct message channel My colleagues and I sometimes discuss far-ranging topics in

> Recently I had the absurd situation of someone using threaded replies in a direct message channel My colleagues and I sometimes discuss far-ranging topics in temporal proximity. While in the heat of the chat I can keep replies straight in my head, it helps to have them grouped for later review; furthermore, they reduce the need for segues in and out of conversational contexts, which I find incredibly liberating.