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
102 comments
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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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Anonymous
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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!
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Joni Strengell
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Just add an on/off button already, these development times are ridiculous.
You don't have to choose if to have them or not, just let people choose themselves, add it as a channel option. -
Mayuresh
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Can you please add a channel level access for teams users, i'm having a team of 40 people and they are further divided into development, BA, etc for same project so is it possible to give them channel level access for a Team
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Glen
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Or drop the feature entirely and go non-threaded. Take hints from Slack and Discord, i.e use quotes and if a topic becomes frequent/regular, start a new channel for that topic.
The current UX as a whole feels forced rather than enabling. It's nice to try something new, but maybe start with what's already been well established in other platforms and work from there please MS...
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Bryson
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FYI, spoke to a Teams expert (from Microsoft) at MS Ignite and he agreed this would be a good idea to be able to enable or disable threading in channels. Really hoping this can happen soon, this is the one thing that is holding us back from going company wide with Teams, and away from Slack.
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scooter
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an "IRC Mode" would be optimal
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Louis Valois
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This is hindering our ability to switch over to MS Teams. Once threads can be disabled we will.
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UAUTH
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threaded channels is so bad... why is this the default ????
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Michael Sandman
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How many years does it take to *review* an item. The threaded model is terrible, no one knows how to use it. Some people reply to the thread, others start a new conversation. Then the convo gets out of order and you can't understand who is replying to what. Surely, you see this in you own Teams. Yes, user training *should* be able to address this, but it doesn't. There is always those few that just don't seemed to be able to or care enough to keep things tidy. This one feature makes me hate Teams. If it weren't forced on me by my company I would never use it. And everyone I've talked to feels the same.
See attached and tell me which of those conversations I should reply to :/
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Charlie
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Please allow option to make disable threads or change the default from threaded conversation to non-threaded, but still allow for them. The view is not compact enough and threads hog up the space. They are also annoying because people do not always reply to a thread and then a thread auto collapses. The UI is pretty terrible. Most of the time one single conversation is fine, but the option to add a thread would be great.
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Thomas
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Definitely needed! The current implementation causes much confusion with my team, especially having come from Slack!
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Anonymous
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Please add this. This is super confusing and conversations get lost.
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Anonymous
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Please add a non-threated feature to make our life easier!!
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Brandon
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Please, for the love of god, let me disable this terrible feature. It serves no purpose whatsoever other than to scramble conversations and confuse people who haven't been trained on how to handle a chat program that behaves different than literally any other chat program. Right now I'm trying to do damage control because my client doesn't understand the threads and makes a new thread every time, which means it pushes information up and out of sight and then our team misses it.
Not only is this feature useless, it is actively damaging to our business. How in the world did you not immediately fire the first person who suggested "lets make a chat tool that doesn't provide information in chronological order"...
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Daniel S
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Please create a non-threaded option. It is painful to track what is going on with my teams. We could use a bulletin board system if we wanted this ****.
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Robert P.
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Please provide this. I feel angry when I have to expand long discussion threads over and over when jumping between channels. I feel like I"m wasting my time. Non-threaded channels would help with this.
