[HappyTypist]

Things I wish messaging apps had:

1. Forward a message to someone else. Sometimes you're not the best person to answer, but a colleague is. Forwarding should be easy and feature minimal friction.

2. Auto-deleting of messages in a DM after X _messages_ (e.g. only the last 100 messages are retained as scrollback). It forces you to document knowledge in more suitable forms; than having it lost in DM silos. Furthermore, it keeps conversations with your regular contacts more candid and natural; but retains the information and context for infrequent contacts.

3. No typing status (thanks Cardinal!)

[commondream]

> Forward a message to someone else. Sometimes you're not the best person to answer, but a colleague is. Forwarding should be easy and feature minimal friction.

Cardinal does this! You just share with someone else and you can expand or change the discussion as needed.

[Dylan16807]

2 is interesting but I would definitely want a minimum retention of a couple days. It sounds awful to have your messages rolling over into the shredder mid-conversation.

[vimy]

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