Message Boards
Post updates, share announcements, and discuss topics with your team.
What Are Message Boards?
Message Boards are where your team posts updates, announcements, and discussions. Unlike chat, messages are organized by topic and designed for longer-form communication.
Posting a Message
- Open a project with Messages enabled
- Click the Messages tab
- Click New Message
- Write your message with:
- Title: a clear subject line
- Content, written in rich text with formatting, links, and lists
- Click Post
You can also save a message as a draft, or schedule it to post automatically at a later time.
Rich Text Editing
The message editor supports:
- Bold, italic, and ~~strikethrough~~ text
- Headings
- Bulleted and numbered lists
- Links
- Block quotes
- Tables, images, and embeds
- Voice notes, recorded right in the editor
- @-mentions to loop someone in
Voice Notes
Some things are quicker to say than to type. Click the microphone in the editor toolbar (or the microphone next to the chat box) to record a voice note. You will see a live waveform and a timer while you record. Click the red stop button, or press Escape, when you are done. The recording lands in your message as a player with a play button, the length, and a download link. In chat, a voice note posts on its own: record, then click Post.
The first time you record, your browser asks whether Thicket may use your microphone. If you dismissed or blocked that prompt, the microphone button shows as disabled and the editor says "To record a voice note, allow microphone access." To fix it, click the icon at the left of your browser's address bar, allow the microphone for thickethq.com, and reload the page. Voice notes need a browser that can record audio: current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari all can.
An account admin can turn voice notes off for everyone in Admin. Recordings that already exist stay playable.
Commenting on Messages
- Click on any message to view it
- Scroll to the bottom to add a comment
- Comments support the same rich text formatting as messages
- Team members are notified when someone comments on a message they follow
Organizing Messages
- Messages are displayed in reverse chronological order (newest first)
- Assign categories to keep boards organized, and pin the important posts to the top
- Use search to find specific messages
- Each message shows the author, date, and comment count