Welcome! New Beta Feature - Discussions

[jimmydbox]

Update

3/31/2021 Discussions feature are now available on private repos. All existing discussions here were moved to the Product Planning repo!

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Discussion is a new feature that's currently in beta. It currently requires the repo to be public in order to activate it.

We're seeing how it feels to have deep discussions of topics/projects using this new feature, since the issue card has a lot of problems with threading and navigating the comments.

There is a similar discussion feature on Github called Team Discussions - which can be a nightmare to scan through and navigate since it displays the first post upfront. We have it here.

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The flow and how to use this feature is an ongoing learning experience.

1. Propose an idea, the JTBD (anyone, usually from product managers)
2. a. Research - users (donors and organizations), data, validation, JTBD, the rough direction of solutions
   b. Involve appropriate team members (product managers, designers, developers, customer support) in the discussion and support the above step
3. If stars align, suggest it as a betting table candidate for a cycle