Thread
A Discord feature that lets you split a sub-conversation off a channel message into its own temporary thread.
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A Discord feature that lets you split a sub-conversation off a channel message into its own temporary thread. Helps keep busy channels readable. Threads can be public, private, or archived after inactivity. Different from 'Twitter threads' but the same general metaphor. Heavily used in dev and support communities.
spun up a thread on that bug report, don't derail the main channel
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