Threaded conversations
Teams is ok for quick information exhange but it tends to break down into confusing mess when there are more than 10 messages per channel. So the solution would be to have really threaded conversations. This is something that we already had back in 1990's in the newsgroups. So you can clearly see who is answering to what topic and each conversation can have multiple clear branches. Each conversation also would have a subject so that you can easily spot the topic you want to check. Obviously by default the threads would be minimized and you could open them by-topic.
The best example maybe would be the way Thunderbird handles newsgroups by message index. So just copy that!
Jarno
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Teams is already threaded! Just make sure to use the “Reply” button instead of the bottom compose bar when responding to someone’s previous post. That will thread the conversation.
27 comments
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Steve Gauthier
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+1 for Multi-Threaded Replys
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Anonymous
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Suphatra - True but what we really need is the Slack-like / Twitter-like multi-threading like so:
Thread 1
-Replies...
-Reply
\-Thread
-Replies...
-Reply
\-Thread
-Replies...
-Reply
\-Thread
-Replies..We're trying to nudge folks to use Teams but they continue cling to Slack for multi-threading conversations.
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james
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Suphatra - does that feature still exist and what about for macs?
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Wely
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Replying is not the same as having "Thread". It needs to have the ability to create a new mini-channel when "Replying" so that people can always search back that "Reply/Thread".
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Anonymous
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I disagree that Teams has 'threaded' conversations. It has the ability to reply to the LAST comment on a thread, but not option to reply within a thread, or reference a specific reply. Quoting previous text we can then edit would also help enormously.
This results in a horrible mess and the need to re-start threads.
People often revert to email in frustration to actually have a proper conversation, which kind of destroys the point.
PLEASE FIX THIS. -
Michael Jacobs
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Direct and group chats would definitely benefit from threaded conversations!
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Lforbes
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We have Teams for Business and there is no "reply" button.
We were FORCED to switch from Slack to Teams and Teams is sadly lacking. No Threading, no Document upload, cannot drag and drop photos. It is so bad in comparison.
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33
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Does Microsoft even use Teams? This is still missing in chats.
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Anonymous
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The fact that Teams don't have this, almost 3 years after, just makes me sure that Microsoft should use Slack for internal communication. How this is not implemented yet? If this product was not part of Office subscriptions it would be long dead.
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Anonymous
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What about the direct/group chats are they threaded ?
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Anonymous
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@Suphatra: Threading in the chats is not possible with desktop or web app. Only in the mobile app. Please add this. The whole concept of threading is VITAL to instant messaging. Seriously.
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Nathanael
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what about in dm chat though. it would be nice to be able to track conversations with managers and team members.
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Sudeep Vemulapalli
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Interestingly, Teams mobile app has threaded conversation functionality. However, it doesn't exist on Teams Windows client app and the web.
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Anonymous
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Teams does not already do this. Yes we can reply to a conversation thread, but what if I want to reply to a specific response on a thread, not just add my response to the bottom of a thread. Whatsapp and FB have this. It's really vital. And not just in Teams but also in Private/Group chat.
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Scappa
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I still want this to be a thing. I'm a credit card entry away from putting my marketing team into slack.
If i do that, I'll probably go and move our org off of office365 and into google gsuite.
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Cai Kjaer commented
Hi Suphatra,
I don't think Thread Discussions are really there. Once you start a conversation it's all one long flat thread after that. The problem is that you can't see a reply to a reply etc. You can only see a reply to a post and it doesn't take long before you don't know what is being responded to.
Or have I got it wrong?
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Dan Goldstein
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+1 for this.
It's pretty sad to see that this has been a feature request for 2 years. This is a major drawback to Teams.
The Threads functionality in Slack is a major time saver and helps communicate with broader groups.
The Activity view in Teams would be a lot easier to use if you prioritized the Channel, allowed the user to name the activity in their original post. The screenshot should show this better.
For those of us who use both Slack and Teams, not having this really makes you dread having to use Teams as it really encourages direct messages which doesn't at all help to keep multiple people up to date.
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Alex Ouretski
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Yes, I think the threading that is currently available in MS Teams is not sufficient. We need an ability to go back to a message/subset of a conversation and reply to it directly. At the moment you can only append a reply to the very end of the chat / conversation. No ability to quote a previous message either. This is basic chat functionality
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Eric Eklund
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Teams needs full threading support!
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Anonymous
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You need full threading or it becomes an unusable mess. How long must we wait?
