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Slack Help: Use threads to organize discussions

Documents threads as organized discussions around specific messages, replying in a thread, optionally sending a reply back to the main channel or DM, opening threads in a separate window, per-thread notifications, all-thread views, unread thread ordering, and thread actions such as reactions, open in channel, save, and notification controls.

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Threaded discussion Choose threaded discussion when the core unit is a topic or parent message with replies that need branch context and participation state. Starting a reply records the exact parent topic or parent reply being answered and shows that target while composing. Slack supports organized discussions around specific messages, thread replies, optional broadcast back to channel or DM, thread windows, notification controls, all-thread views, unread ordering, reactions, save, and open-in-channel behavior.

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