matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix-spec
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Description
A "channel" type in discord that is pretty rare because Discord only allows it for communities.
Some more details can be found here: https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-create-discord-forum-channel/
But to summarize it would basically be an alternative room to voice and text that allows for "posts", with the main view being an overview and clicking on a post gives a detailed view similar to threads (so that "help" issues or perhaps artistic content like images and video can be discussed in detail with a more intuitive and new user friendly interface compared to threads in a forum like manner). These posts can be assigned a tag so users can filter on tags that they are interested in (tags are set by admins/moderaters for that specific room, so users cannot just add their own).
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 reviewing the linked Discord forum-channel reference and the Matrix room and thread concepts mentioned in the issue. A complete result would specify how forum rooms, posts, moderator-controlled tags, filtering, and detailed post views fit into the Matrix protocol.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100