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Slack threads don’t (or at least, didn’t; it’s been a couple years) show in the main message feed, they show when you expand the thread into the sidebar. In the
by css 5y ago
Slack threads don’t (or at least, didn’t; it’s been a couple years) show in the main message feed, they show when you expand the thread into the sidebar. In the feed, it shows the original message with an “n replies” text below it.
In Mattermost, new replies show as normal messages in your feed with a bit of context for what they’re replying to, and clicking on the context expands the full thread in a sidebar.
I find the Mattermost implementation more ergonomic because you can read replies without expanding the whole thread every time, and stale threads will get bumped by new messages.
- renewiltord 5y agoAh interesting. I believe Slack does the former thing (displays as k replies) but not the latter. Thanks.
- jjjgcddf 5y agoYou might not have noticed but your link goes to the new design (in beta) of collapsed threads which are much more similar to Slack's and I think this has caused some confusion in this thread It's worth noting that the design you prefer isn't being deprecated; Slack-style threads are being added as a user display option.
- css 5y agoOops, yeah. Looks like there are not really any docs for the existing (better) system: https://docs.mattermost.com/messaging/sending-receiving-messages.html#reply-to-messages https://docs.mattermost.com/messaging/sending-receiving-mess...
- qudat 5y agoSlack has the option to "reply in main channel" as well as have it show up in the thread. This allows people to surface something important in the thread that should also be in the parent channel.