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How to create a Discord Channel thread

Discord Thread is a branched conversation within a channel. Threads allow multiple topics in a channel to exist and have their own dedicated space without having to commit to a new channel for the server.

Threads also don't count towards the server channel limit.

Creating a thread

Anyone can "Create Public Threads" in BDAO discord. 

There are 3 ways you can create threads in a channel.

Hover over any existing message you would like to create a thread from and press on the # icon to create a thread.

You can also create a new thread by pressing the + button in your chat bar.

Or, you can click on # button at the top of the channel and click Create.

Fill in the details about the thread. If you are creating a new thread without an existing message, you need to send a starter message to create where you can tag members to send them a notification.

You can choose the duration of your thread with the Archive After Inactivity drop-down menu. (P.S. It is super easy to unarchive a thread). We recommend 1 week.

Click Create Thread and that's it. New thread message will show up on the main channel from where people can view and join the thread.

Join a thread

To join an active thread, press on the thread in the thread discovery icon on the channel nav, or press See thread on a thread you see in chat. An active thread is signified with a # plus a speech bubble icon

Once you opened the thread, click Join or you can send a message in the thread to join in automatically. (You'll start receiving thread notification once you join the thread)

Leave a thread

Click on dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and select Leave Thread.

Viewing all threads in a channel

Threads Discovery Button

Click the Threads Discovery button at the top of the channel. Here you can now browse all threads in the channel.

Channel Sidebar

Additionally, on the desktop and browser app, you can see joined threads below the channel and hover over the channel name in the sidebar to see active threads you haven't joined. 

Click the See All option to view all other threads.

Thread Visibility Best Practices

Unless you know how to view threads, as shown in the prior two steps, threads will often go unnoticed. For persistent threads, we recommend including a thread index in your category’s start-here channel like below:

If a thread archives due to inactivity, it may show deleted-channel on the start-here page which will no longer link to the thread.

To avoid this, in addition to thread names in the thread index, you can add a link to a message in    the thread as shown below. With this, if a thread archives and show deleted-channel there is still a quick way to jump to the thread from start-here channel. 

Archive & unarchive a thread

Archive:

The threads will auto-archive after time of inactivity set while creating the thread. 

L2 privilege - If you would like to manually archive the thread, you may press on the 3 dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and press "Archive Thread".

Unarchive:

After a thread has been archived, you will see a banner at the top of the thread. L2 can unarchive the thread via a button, or someone can type in the thread to unarchive it.

Managing a thread

Privilege available to only Level 2 contributors

This includes editing, deleting, manually archive/unarchiving threads.

Click on the 3 dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and select the operation you want to perform.

Guide created by aditi#3821

How to create a Discord Channel thread

Discord Thread is a branched conversation within a channel. Threads allow multiple topics in a channel to exist and have their own dedicated space without having to commit to a new channel for the server.

Threads also don't count towards the server channel limit.

Creating a thread

Anyone can "Create Public Threads" in BDAO discord. 

There are 3 ways you can create threads in a channel.

Hover over any existing message you would like to create a thread from and press on the # icon to create a thread.

You can also create a new thread by pressing the + button in your chat bar.

Or, you can click on # button at the top of the channel and click Create.

Fill in the details about the thread. If you are creating a new thread without an existing message, you need to send a starter message to create where you can tag members to send them a notification.

You can choose the duration of your thread with the Archive After Inactivity drop-down menu. (P.S. It is super easy to unarchive a thread). We recommend 1 week.

Click Create Thread and that's it. New thread message will show up on the main channel from where people can view and join the thread.

Join a thread

To join an active thread, press on the thread in the thread discovery icon on the channel nav, or press See thread on a thread you see in chat. An active thread is signified with a # plus a speech bubble icon

Once you opened the thread, click Join or you can send a message in the thread to join in automatically. (You'll start receiving thread notification once you join the thread)

Leave a thread

Click on dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and select Leave Thread.

Viewing all threads in a channel

Threads Discovery Button

Click the Threads Discovery button at the top of the channel. Here you can now browse all threads in the channel.

Channel Sidebar

Additionally, on the desktop and browser app, you can see joined threads below the channel and hover over the channel name in the sidebar to see active threads you haven't joined. 

Click the See All option to view all other threads.

Thread Visibility Best Practices

Unless you know how to view threads, as shown in the prior two steps, threads will often go unnoticed. For persistent threads, we recommend including a thread index in your category’s start-here channel like below:

If a thread archives due to inactivity, it may show deleted-channel on the start-here page which will no longer link to the thread.

To avoid this, in addition to thread names in the thread index, you can add a link to a message in    the thread as shown below. With this, if a thread archives and show deleted-channel there is still a quick way to jump to the thread from start-here channel. 

Archive & unarchive a thread

Archive:

The threads will auto-archive after time of inactivity set while creating the thread. 

L2 privilege - If you would like to manually archive the thread, you may press on the 3 dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and press "Archive Thread".

Unarchive:

After a thread has been archived, you will see a banner at the top of the thread. L2 can unarchive the thread via a button, or someone can type in the thread to unarchive it.

Managing a thread

Privilege available to only Level 2 contributors

This includes editing, deleting, manually archive/unarchiving threads.

Click on the 3 dots(...) at the top right side of the threads window and select the operation you want to perform.

Guide created by aditi#3821