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I think this a really interesting take on social chat/collaboration!

The main reason I closed it was I felt disoriented when I opened the threads. Since it brought me to the end of the chat I had to scroll to the top to catch up (which has some loading lag) so it felt like I had to do too much work to get engaged. Perhaps the opening post could be pinned at least?

The other part I got kind of lost with was the lack of a back button to return to the topics. Using the browser isn’t an issue, but the way the UI is presented it seemed like it would be there but I didn’t see it.

Congrats on a cool project! It’s nice to see some fresh takes on social.

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Hey thank you for the honest feedback and taking the time to check it out!

> Since it brought me to the end of the chat I had to scroll to the top to catch up (which has some loading lag) so it felt like I had to do too much work to get engaged. Perhaps the opening post could be pinned at least?

I hadn't thought of pinning the top message once it's been buried but that's not a bad idea. Or just adding a "to the top" button?

> The other part I got kind of lost with was the lack of a back button to return to the topics. Using the browser isn’t an issue, but the way the UI is presented it seemed like it would be there but I didn’t see it.

I take it you were on mobile? That's good feedback I have to think about.

Thank you!

I also closed it after trying to scroll to the first message in a couple posts and not finding it after a whole bunch of Ajax loads. I kept looking for a "jump to the top" button.

sorry about that! It's in my list of stories pretty high up so hopefully it'll be there soon. Thanks for checking it out!

Second the need for a "Top" button, and a "Latest" button for when you have read partway through a long thread and just want to get to the end now.

I also second the request for a more obvious way to get back to the list of topics (and when the list of topics has become huge, back to the same position in the list where I was). This is desktop. I clicked the Sqwok logo upper left and it seemed to do it but it was a blind guess.

> and just want to get to the end now.

There should be a button that appears when you've scrolled up that says "return to bottom", but agree need the reverse to jump to the top!

Maybe just a simple "Home" link in the global header next to the logo?

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