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Sep 9

Lobby: Threaded Replies & Basic Formatting Support

Lobby chat is a flat, linear feed with no text formatting. This limits usability for group discussions and communication. Requested Features 1. Threaded Replies - Allow users to reply directly to a specific message. - Display replies collapsed under the parent message, expandable on click. - Show reply count and last activity timestamp. - Notifications (separate feature request recently submitted) should include replies to a user’s messages. 2. Basic Text Formatting - Line breaks: pressing “Enter” creates a new line without posting. - Paragraph separation: Shift+Enter or double line break supported. - Nice to have: Bold, italics, inline code (Markdown-style or similar). - Retain existing support for links. 3. Allow “@” Mentions - Users can mention other users - Nice to have: User can mention companies (sponsors/booth get notifications) Benefits - Prevents chat chaos by grouping discussions. - Makes messages readable and professional. - Improves Networking
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changed status toCompleted·2 weeks ago
2 weeks ago

Hi Andrew — this is now live. Event chat now supports threaded replies, @mentions, and richer formatting including bold, italics and inline code. Replies stay grouped beneath the original message, with reply counts and recent activity making busy conversations easier to follow. See the full update: https://feedback.heysummit.com/updates/p/threaded-replies-me…

changed status toPlanned·2 weeks ago
2 weeks ago

Hey Andrew. Pleased to say that this is also in our list :) But will follow the same approach as mentioned here - https://heysummit.userjot.com/board/p/lobby-chat-basic-notif… Hope that works for you. Will update this and the other feedback item once they have been worked on.

2 weeks ago

Understood. If you have reason to revisit the hub chatroom code at any point before and can get line breaks enabled that would certainly make it more usable in the interim I think. But totally understand you are juggling a lot currently. Hope you can conquer the live streaming challenges soon, good luck with that. And thanks again for all your help.

2 weeks ago

Hey Andrew! No problem at all, and I think that's a valid thing for us to add in the meantime. We've just gone ahead and done that. If you view the changelog below, you'll see that we've now added the ability to add multi-lines to chat messages. Hope this helps, and thanks for raising it with me! https://heysummit.userjot.com/updates/p/add-line-breaks-in-l…

2 weeks ago

Very much appreciated. Thank you

2 weeks ago

:)