October 10/12: Discussion Annoucement Feature
Hello community!
In our continued effort to encourage and support discussions in our chatrooms, we will be launching a discussion Announcement Feature. This feature will be used to announce discussions and encourage them to continue to happen by giving more resources to our amazing team of discussion leaders!
Here is how it will work!
Every listener with a discussion leader badge (group mod badge, chatroom mentor badge & guest host badge) sees a Start discussion button in the chatrooms.
When this button is clicked:
1- a pop up appears with their pre-filled name and they enter the topic
2- an optional box to enter the name of the co-leader
3- All participants see the topic and leader name in a banner which appears in the chatroom for all to see
4- the button changes to end discussion
Yay! This is going to be awesome!
Yay! I love this idea, I'm looking forward to seeing it in use, and hopefully making things a lot clearer for everyone involved!
Awesome! :D
So is this like a guided discussion where the room is devoted to this topic? Or does some new room appear? It sounds like this just happens spontaneously... does this mean it would interrupt whatever may already be going on in a given room?
This could be good, I'm just trying to envision how it will work in practice
@squib I think it's being done the same way as before, there's just a banner so those coming into the room realize it's a discussion without the leader having to state so.
Can someone confirm I understand this?
If so I think it's a great idea!
@AffyAvo That would be super helpful then :)
@AffyAvo @Squib
Yes, that is correct! :) Just adds a banner to the top so everyone knows a discussion is happening at that time and they know the topic.
@Jake super idea look forward to it's taking off.....
Ooooh....super cool :D
Can't wait to use this! It will be great :D
Wow this is such a wonderful new feature!
@Laura--Love this idea!!!!
This is so perfect! I love it! Great initiative, guys <3
I like this idea; can't wait to see how it works next discussion. :)
Great Idea!