Slack discards typed thread drafts between sessions
Text typed into a Slack thread disappears when the user closes and reopens the app, providing no draft persistence unlike competing messaging tools. The inconsistency with WhatsApp and other platforms that preserve unsent messages creates frustration and lost work. Slack controls the fix entirely within its own codebase.
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