Add option to reverse chat order to show the oldest chats at the bottom and new chat at the top

Nossarian
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Add option to reverse chat order to show the oldest chats at the bottom and new chat at the top. This may also be more inclusive to people from cultures that view time proceeding as "going up" instead of just the traditional western idea of new = down 

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  • Kübi

    I’m not sure this makes sense.

    Social media feeds and mail clients already often display newest items on top, so I don’t know what you’re on about, talking about cultural differences. That being said, Discord chats are not social media feeds or mail inboxes, where multiple unrelated items are displayed. Multiple messages on Discord are (most of the time) part of a conversation, which only makes sense to be read in the order it was originally held. And all (or almost all) writing systems used in the world today are read from top to bottom in some way – so ‘time’, i.e. reading order, should always go from top to bottom.

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  • Nossarian

    Is it the standard because people expect it, or do people expect it because it's the standard? The order would be preserved regardless of the order it's displayed, because it would be a per-client option. This isn't a demand to enforce it on everyone. I, personally, would appreciate the option, and it would also open up accessibility on top of the other things I mentioned.

     

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  • Stephanafro

    I support this solely for the fact that it would make a lot of sense for information channels if this could be configured on a per-channel basis. It would make certain channels a lot more accessible, such as channels in which you want users to see the first introductory messages as opposed to the later addendums to the channel.

    Relevant Feature Requests:

    https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360046595951-New-Channel-Setting-Suggestion-for-Information-Channels
    https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360043429631-Option-to-set-channel-s-reading-order-from-oldest-to-newest

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  • Blakbeanie

    This would be a great feature for Discord use on a monitor in portrait mode.

    When in portrait mode, looking all the way at the bottom of the monitor is not as convenient as looking at the top.

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  • Code_Abe

    The last message is the biggest reason I want this. I have vertical monitors and looking at the bottom of the screen is very suboptimal. Plus it really wouldn't be that difficult of a change to make. Perhaps we will have better luck with those at betterdiscord.

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  • parro

    Looking at the bottom of the screen for new messages is a pain the the bloody neck, literally, ffs how hard would it be to add an option?

    Any plugins or extensions that take care of this stupid inconvenience?

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