PAIR-code / PAIR-code/deliberate-lab
Add comment/threaded replies to Group Chat
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 96
- Forks
- 40
- Avg merge
- 2d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 20
Description
When a lot of participants talk at once, it's very hard for them to keep track of what everyone says and who replies to what. Messaging apps solve this problem by creating a "reply to comment" functionality, which displays a copy of the original message above the response. This is different from creating threads (as seen in forums), since replies only go to a maximum depth of 1.
Alternatively, if this proves to be too difficult to implement, simpler responses referring just to the user (@username) would be sufficient.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Group Chat entry point and the code that renders and sends messages. Compare the requested maximum-depth reply behavior with the simpler @username fallback, then verify that participants can identify the original message and its response without deeper nesting.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100