How about if we take some time off from talking about Threads (TM) the Instagram/Facebook/Meta App, and instead talk about the best #interfaces for displaying and building a conversation #thread on the internet?
In my opinion, conversation threads should have a clear tree-based structure, with subtopics/subthreads indented, recursively.
My first encounter with this style of interface was on Livejournal, and it makes me crazy how many popular platforms *don't* use it.
As an example of what this could look like, here is a beautiful example of recursive threading for instant messages: https://euphoria.io/room/welcome/
@dynamic I never used LiveJournal, but I've always thought Usenet allowed a good newsreader to create great threads of conversation.
What was it like?
@dynamic
Threaded in a tree structure by topic with subtopic branching. Here's a screenshot of a text-based newsreader's threading: http://www.tin.org/gfx/tin4.png
You can still explore Usenet, but it's not very active anymore. https://www.newsgroupreviews.com/tutorial.html
