Why would you miss a message? Because people miss things and there is no signal that indicates something has been missed.
Missing things is the default state for humans. However, sometimes we setup a system, and the system wont let us miss things. As much as I hate how metrics and tickets have taken over everything, it's hard to miss an open Jira ticket. It's hard to miss a GitHub issue that was opened 2 years ago and still has no replies. These are signals from the system that something has been missed, the system itself provides tools to help us not miss things, because otherwise we would.
What signals does Discord provide that something has been missed? If you accidentally scrolled to far and missed a one-line message in the chat 6 months ago, what signal do you have that you missed it?
> Because people miss things and there is no signal that indicates something has been missed. ... What signals does Discord provide that something has been missed?
You can configure Discord notifications so that every message generates a push notification to your phone. I only ever dismiss the notification if the message requires no action or if an appropriate response has already been given to the message. Most of the time, I respond right away.
There’s no way that scales. I have email addresses where I delete everything at 10k unread messages. I can’t imagine notifications for something like chat that produces even more messages.
But to answer my own question, the system you have in place to ensure you don't miss things is "just don't make mistakes, just don't miss things". In the event that you do make a mistake (like accidentally moving your finger in a slightly wrong pattern on the screen) there will be no feedback or signal to indicate you have missed something.
Missing things is the default state for humans. However, sometimes we setup a system, and the system wont let us miss things. As much as I hate how metrics and tickets have taken over everything, it's hard to miss an open Jira ticket. It's hard to miss a GitHub issue that was opened 2 years ago and still has no replies. These are signals from the system that something has been missed, the system itself provides tools to help us not miss things, because otherwise we would.
What signals does Discord provide that something has been missed? If you accidentally scrolled to far and missed a one-line message in the chat 6 months ago, what signal do you have that you missed it?