#Could we test-drive https://needle.gg/
umbral parrot
Almost like a thread channel would be better. 
😂
I'd have to dig into this a little bit, because I've been told that things need to be added to our custom bot and we should not add in other bots.
This functionality isn't difficult, though. The Discord API is quite flexible in this regard..
cobalt star
Almost like a thread channel would be better. <:BlobHyperThink:64149993717943501...
TBH I had high hopes for thread channels, but they are quite "heavy" UX-wise. They deviate too much from a normal chats, require you to give a title, etc. The flow is too different from just typing a message
cobalt star
This functionality isn't difficult, though. The Discord API is quite flexible in...
yeah, should be easy to add. I'll gladly add it to our bot
umbral parrot
You say that now until you find out it's written in a wrapper for discord.js and not just discord.js. 
umbral parrot
TBH I had high hopes for thread channels, but they are quite "heavy" UX-wise. Th...
I do agree that having it like Slack is much more preferable. The biggest problem with Discord thread channels is that on the backend they are just text channels with ONLY threads, so it's a hacked together functionality - which definitely results in a shit UX.
cobalt star
any thoughts on this @umbral parrot ? For example, just opened #developers and its impossible to see if there is any open question or topic without feedback where I could help, unless I read the whole discussions there.
Fortunately here in #core the "thread etiquette" has been good lately 😃
umbral parrot
#developers shouldn't really be used as a place for open questions now that we have all the other topic-specific channels. It should be more like #the-water-cooler but for devs.
I haven't forgot about this but I also do not have the bandwidth to focus on any more changes to Discord until mid April.
cobalt star
ah, in that case I don't have to check it at all eheh
umbral parrot
I'll see what I can do about keyword notifications via the bot, too. Maybe that can help out, but I don't know if the API will support that functionality.
cobalt star
you mean I could set notifications for specific words I am personally interested in? (like slack allows) or globally?
umbral parrot
The former.
The latter is something I am going to build for sure. Timo and Jorim need that to replace the #1346948551892009101 thread with a text channel so they can still get notifications for every post.
Our server size limits the ability for notifications on text channels, so creating the replacement Android channel would degrade the experience for those active in the current thread.
cobalt star
right. but I am not following how that would help with the threads issue 🤔
umbral parrot
It wouldn't, it's just one task out of a handful that I am building for the bot. 😆