Threads

Creating, archiving, and restoring Threads.     

Conversations can quickly get lost in a chat channel, frustrating when you want to refer to something later. Not anymore! Threads are a great way to keep a topic going without cluttering the main chat channel.

Creating a thread

•  Click the Create thread icon on the menu for the message you want to respond to.

Or

• Right-click the channel and click Create thread

• This action will create a thread within the chat channel. Send a message to start the thread.

Tip: you can change the name of the thread, click into the box beside the

• The thread you have made will be nested under the original message and in the chat channel.

Creating a private thread

• Start by privately mentioning or replying to someone by toggling the icon.

• Click on the   icon from the private message to create a private thread.

• And now you have a private thread that only @mentioned users can view! To add another user to the thread, simply @mention them anywhere in the thread. 

Archiving and restoring a thread

Note: A thread will automatically archive itself after 24 hours of inactivity unless you toggle this option off in the More options overflow menu. 

• To access the thread menu, click the More options menu icon (3 vertical dots) as indicated. 

• To access all archived threads, click the menu on the right.

• You can restore the thread by clicking Restore at any time.

Renaming a thread

You can rename your thread to make it easier to find later.

• From within the thread, you can click on Thread name to change it! 

•  If you don't want your members creating threads, you can toggle off the permission in Roles.