Thread button

[theetrain]

Why

Discord has a thread-making button, but there's friction (long press on mobile, or context menu on desktop). We want to make it easier for members to create threads.

What

Currently, Svelte Bot posts a 🧵 emoji when conversations in main channels have too many posts within a short time frame (reference). It's meant to encourage threads, but the desire path shows members ending their conversation since that's easier than opening a thread.

How

Since Svelte Bot only sends ephemeral messages (messages only visible to 1 user) after a command or context menu action, we can only display inline replies for all channel participants to see. Here's a proposal with that constraint in mind:

1. Member posts are close to the 'slow mode threshold'
2. Svelte Bot posts inline to reply to the last user with message, "Would you like me to create a thread for you? Yes | No"
3. If any user within the last 7-10 messages (or a moderator) click 'Yes', then a thread gets opened on the last respective message with a default thread name based on the corresponding message.
4. If any user within the last 7-10 messages (or a moderator) click 'No', then nothing happens and the bot's message disappears.

[hfcRed]

Some additional notes for the logic that I think would make sense:

1. Message auto deletes after a certain time of no interaction (to prevent someone from opening a thread on an old discussion)
2. Message gets deleted and re-posted after n additional messages have been sent in quick succession with no interaction