Automatically archiving threads after a short time period seems like a good idea, it naturally pushes long form conversations and collaborations into flows designed to handle them (private channels, e-mail discussions, etc)
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#12Cool. Still waiting for proper / modern / real parental controls. My 13 y/o nephew wants to chat with his buddies but there’s no real way to make sure he’s not getting weirdos contacting him.
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#13Is there really no better design for "aside" conversations than this? People lean on Slack threads too much, leading to a confused flow of conversation that makes it extremely difficult to piece together how the discussion was ended or resolved.
I’m always surprised by how practically every single opinion regarding personal communication is the opposite in hacker news to the mainstream opinion of my “real life” circles.
Use of social networks, slack, emojis, messaging apps, sync vs async communication…
Its not a criticism of any kind, mind you, it’s just very surprising to me.
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#14they should have sold to microsoft they are out of ideas, it's becoming a bloated product (it was already tbh) forums+IRC here we go agane IRC #1 for me, i sometimes use discord, but i don't it's not always open anymore
yeah discord is comfy but bloated and I rarely miss it.. something is heavier in the social feel it creates (I keep saying that people are ban-happy on discord, discord makes tiny realms, not freeform convo chans like on IRC)
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#15This makes me so happy. My group of friends migrated to Guilded a while ago specifically because threads are so useful. However, Guilded is too janky to recommend on it's own merits. I'm so stoked to return to Discord
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#16Is there really no better design for "aside" conversations than this? People lean on Slack threads too much, leading to a confused flow of conversation that makes it extremely difficult to piece together how the discussion was ended or resolved.
Of all the chat apps I have used, Mattermost's implementation of threads/replies [0] has felt the most natural. That said, all implementations I've tried leave something to be desired.
[0]: https://docs.mattermost.com/messaging/organizing-conversatio...
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#17Cool. Still waiting for proper / modern / real parental controls. My 13 y/o nephew wants to chat with his buddies but there’s no real way to make sure he’s not getting weirdos contacting him.
What would parental controls on Discord look like to you?
The scenario is that you typically join someone else's server or provide them with a link to one you are already a part of.
Would you want some client-side assurances that a young user doesn't interact with someone who says something you dislike, or would you want this on the server-side?
What does the interaction with people who do not have those controls look like?
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#18This looks similar to the Zulip implementation which I sorely wish Mattermost had (since we use that at work)
I work at Mattermost -- we do have this, it's just still in beta right now https://docs.mattermost.com/messaging/organizing-conversatio...
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#19Is there really no better design for "aside" conversations than this? People lean on Slack threads too much, leading to a confused flow of conversation that makes it extremely difficult to piece together how the discussion was ended or resolved.
I’m always surprised by how practically every single opinion regarding personal communication is the opposite in hacker news to the mainstream opinion of my “real life” circles. Use of social networks, slack, emojis, messaging apps, sync vs async communication… Its not a criticism of any kind, mind you, it’s just very surprising to me.
I would be a bit slower on the hasty generalizations. I’m here on hacker news and I love using threads and am happy they’re coming to Discord there’s also multiple comments below this saying the same thing.
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#20Is there really no better design for "aside" conversations than this? People lean on Slack threads too much, leading to a confused flow of conversation that makes it extremely difficult to piece together how the discussion was ended or resolved.
Of all the chat apps I have used, Mattermost's implementation of threads/replies [0] has felt the most natural. That said, all implementations I've tried leave something to be desired. [0]: https://docs.mattermost.com/messaging/organizing-conversatio...
That looks identical to Slack's implementation to my eyes. If you don't mind sharing, what did you like better?