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IrisU1470
Copper Contributor
Feb 15, 2023

[CHANNELS] Post Order - Use Top Down (Recent -Old)

Request Display post top-down using recent - old (cfr Outlook) Pin to the top (cfr Outlook) Context: Currently the ordering of the posts is bottom up, with the most recent post at the bottom. ...
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bradavon
Brass Contributor
May 18, 2023

IrisU1470 This is confusing and it deviates from other apps with similar functionalities (fb, twit,...).

 

No it doesn't. Facebook, Twitter and Outlook aren't Instant Messaging apps. SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger all work Bottom Up with your new messages at the bottom.

 

My Teams has just switched to Top Down and it's now acts unlike any other Instant Messaging app. It was already a consistent approach.

 

It's also confusing because Chats are still Bottom Down.

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    Xeleema
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 22, 2023
    Facebook, Twitter and Outlook are NOT chat-software.
    Look at FaceBook Messanger, Twitter Direct Messages, and Outlook is an EMAIL client.
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    Dean__
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 07, 2023

    "No it doesn't. Facebook, Twitter and Outlook aren't Instant Messaging apps. SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger all work Bottom Up with your new messages at the bottom."

    Exactly this - It's the reason i'm not on twitter also, i hate the idea of reading something backwards - we read top down just like this thread on here so why force this any other way - we start at the top and scroll down naturally .. I hope they give us an option, currently back on the old version till they do

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    benjimac93
    Copper Contributor
    May 22, 2023

    bradavon Agreed. Top down is awful and inconsistent in app. At least give us a setting to choose!

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      MichaelJCollins
      Copper Contributor
      May 22, 2023

      benjimac93 

       

      I concur. This behavior is an atrocity as replies to a post in channel are still newest at bottom, but the order of the posts themselves are new at top.  And chats are still newest at bottom meaning this is very inconsistent.  Also, choice is power. This is a very easy checkbox under settings and they couldn't be bothered to give it to us.

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