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Exclude own threads from disabled "Mark as unread" notification setting #982

@lbrocke

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@lbrocke

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We use Rocket.Chat in the company I'm employed at, which means there are a lot of channels. Some of them are relevant to me for daily work, some less so, but I still need to be a channel member in all of them.

In order to reduce the number of chats I have to read and keep up with, I disabled the "Mark as unread" notification setting (1) for the less relevant channels. That works great, however I sometimes need to write something in these less relevant channels myself. The problem is, that the "Mark as unread" setting applies to my own messages as well, meaning I don't see the channel being marked unread for any responses (2)(3). There is also no blue 1️⃣ indicator for unread responses in my threads, only a red one for direct mentions (4).

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if responses in threads of my own messages would be excluded from the disabled "Mark as unread" notification setting, either automatically or by providing a new sub-setting.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I'm open to any other solution that solves my problem. I tried grouping channels by "Favourites" but not "Unread", and then marking all relevant channels as my favourite. That works okay-ish, but I can't quickly distinguish read from unread channels then.

Maybe displaying a blue 1️⃣ indicator would help, that doesn't seem to bring up the channel when grouping by "Unread" though.

Additional context
(1)
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(2) Not marked as unread, no blue 1️⃣ indicator
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(3) However there is an unread reply to my own message
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(4) Direct mention keeps the channel unread, but shows a red 1️⃣ indicator
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