Add option to have non-threaded channels
I'd like the capability when I add a new channel to make it non-threaded. Threaded conversations are great for some channel topics, but other more casual channels get too cluttered with multiple threads. I'd prefer to have the flexibility to decide which format I want when I create the channel.
Sergio Loscialo
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This request is still being considered by the feature team but a final decision has not yet been made. I’m still awaiting more details.
-Warren
117 comments
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Anonymous
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++++++ The fact that responding to a message shifts the timeline around makes it super confusing to piece together the order of things that were said.
Please add an option to turn off threaded conversations in channels.
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Peter Smulovics
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This feature has been available for a long time - you just have to have admin rights on a channel and select 'Don't allow members to reply to channel messages', problem solved.
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UXer Missing Slack
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@Warren - Almost two years later from your pinned post. The threaded conversations makes following along most boards rather difficult.
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Krzysztof Skiba
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4 years? well done Microsoft
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William Sayers
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Seconding everyone else - the threaded conversations setup just doesn't work in some scenario's and for some people. If you don't want to change the "posts" board then let us add a "chat" channel to a team.
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Rebecca Andersson
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Please add the option to turn treaded conversations off. It causes a lot of confusion and a lot of messages gets lost due to the information being hidden in multiple treads.
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Anonymous
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We are planning to move to Teams from Slack but threads are a handicap for our way of working. Please consider adding this functionality. I'm not talking about revamping the current threads behavior but add a new feature/option to allow more flexibility.
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Anonymous
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Our 8 person team have just switched from Slack to MS Teams. The latter had its pitfalls, but at least it didn't insist on threading conversations within a channel. Oh my word, Teams is frustrating and difficult because of it.
PLEASE allow us to disable threading... my working day has become substantially more difficult now I'm missing things several times per day - an issue confirmed with everybody else on our team.
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Shivam Parikh
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Yes, please add this ASAP.
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Anonymous
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I would like this as well. For incident reponse teams, it's easier to reconstruct timelines.
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Walt
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My team ends up just creating a chat and never using the teams function to get around this ridiculous limitation.
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Tony Paladino
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Once you get used to working with threaded conversations in channels it becomes apparent how useful the feature is. People get used to it very quickly.
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Matthieu Yiptong
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Please implement this. Features are great but at the end of the day I just want simple chat that works and is easily readable.
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Roberto
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We really need this. Our company just switch from Slack and everyone is complaining about this. Non threaded chats are necessary to a good flow conversation with multiple people in it. The threaded stuff, people never use that anyways.
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Anonymous
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Please allow us to cosmetically disable threaded conversations. I know yall are **** bent on making teams look like facebook for some ungodly reason, so how about just... cosmetically making it look like a regular chat room so we don't have to struggle any longer. Each thing can be a new facebook post and whoever made that decision will be able to say they won.
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Charlie
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Any updates on this? The way threads work now make Teams unusable. Please add the option to have non threaded channels based on timeline. Basically just add an option to make it work like Slack or IRC. Threads are great for slow moving channels where you are just posting notices, but they are not great for having rolling conversations or time sensitive conversations due to the way they reorder or grab your focus when you're trying to type something. They also seem to make Teams exceedingly slow and viewing history is a huge pain point when scrolling up.
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ED. Handeland
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This would be so Nice to have! Threaded channels are good for some Things, but some topics get less cluttered With a regular chat Interface.
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Brandon Bowers
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For the love of god, please allow this.
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Bryson
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Is there anything new on this Warren?
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Christopher
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We recently moved from Slack to MS Teams and are having a really tough time handling incident management/chat Ops with this awful feature. When a new update to a thread sometimes days in the past, occurs, the entire thread is moved to the front of the chat as if it happened moments ago! This introduces significant operational risk and we need a way to shut it off immediately!