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Re:What Slack might learn from its Open Source alternative by xfkechyk on Saturday August 27, 2016 @11:26AM (#12372733)
that doesn't occur without threaded messaging? threaded messaging makes it easier to ignore those sub-discussions...
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Re:What Slack might learn from its Open Source alternative by coldtea on Sunday August 28, 2016 @03:11PM (#12377967)
>that doesn't occur without threaded messaging?

The difference I mentioned wasn't one of occurring or not, but one of degree of occurrence.

>hreaded messaging makes it easier to ignore those sub-discussions...

Not as much as it makes it easier to start and digress into endless sub-discussions.

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