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Slack threads are the typical example of a feature that is added, raises a lot of noise from the (usually techie) vocal minority and then it is assumed as a fun

Slack threads are the typical example of a feature that is added, raises a lot of noise from the (usually techie) vocal minority and then it is assumed as a fundamental feature by everybody else, like in "why didn't we think about this before?".

agustif 6y ago
Forums
- layer8 6y ago
  Email and Usenet
  - darkwater 6y ago
    They are not chat systems.
caymanjim 6y ago
I still don't like Slack threads. Too many conversations in Slack turn into threads, removing the conversation from visibility without additional clicking, and fragmenting the flow of information. Real conversations rarely work this way. It's like being in a meeting where every time a new topic comes up, half the people leave the room to start a new meeting, and then come back when the topic changes again. If a topic truly requires enough time and space for that, then by all means take it to another channel or a group chat. Otherwise, keep it in the main space. It breaks the flow and invites premature fragmentation, and the UX is bad.
- black_puppydog 6y ago
  > and the UX is bad. this. especially jailing threads into a tiny sidebar, with the bad "read status" handling going all over the place when that sidebar happens to be open. Slack threads suck. Just keep everything in one big thread, break out disposable channels when you need them, and build proper archiving features for those. Linking to an existing channel is already there so that shouldn't be a problem.
  - caymanjim 6y ago
    I think a simple solution to my primary gripe about threads would be to keep them all inline, and just indent them, ala HN comments, so people can ignore (or perhaps toggle on/off, with a setting to default that state) the threads. But I still believe Slack would be better without threads.
fossuser 6y ago
Yeah - I love threads, super useful way to go deep on something without moving it out of the channel. I've found the anti-thread arguments to be pretty weak.

agustif 6y ago

Forums

layer8 6y ago
Email and Usenet
- darkwater 6y ago
  They are not chat systems.

caymanjim 6y ago

I still don't like Slack threads. Too many conversations in Slack turn into threads, removing the conversation from visibility without additional clicking, and fragmenting the flow of information. Real conversations rarely work this way. It's like being in a meeting where every time a new topic comes up, half the people leave the room to start a new meeting, and then come back when the topic changes again. If a topic truly requires enough time and space for that, then by all means take it to another channel or a group chat. Otherwise, keep it in the main space. It breaks the flow and invites premature fragmentation, and the UX is bad.

black_puppydog 6y ago
> and the UX is bad. this. especially jailing threads into a tiny sidebar, with the bad "read status" handling going all over the place when that sidebar happens to be open. Slack threads suck. Just keep everything in one big thread, break out disposable channels when you need them, and build proper archiving features for those. Linking to an existing channel is already there so that shouldn't be a problem.
- caymanjim 6y ago
  I think a simple solution to my primary gripe about threads would be to keep them all inline, and just indent them, ala HN comments, so people can ignore (or perhaps toggle on/off, with a setting to default that state) the threads. But I still believe Slack would be better without threads.

fossuser 6y ago

Yeah - I love threads, super useful way to go deep on something without moving it out of the channel. I've found the anti-thread arguments to be pretty weak.