Threaded replies vs. flat — what works for support?

carlos carlos 3 months ago

For client support sites we keep going back and forth on threaded versus flat replies. Threading helps tangents; flat keeps Q&A readable.

What has worked for your communities, and does the space type change your answer?

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Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

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