It's possible to have structured conversations by always using threads.
I've convinced everyone at two companies so far (50 and 20 people) to never reply directly in a channel, and always use threads:
I've convinced everyone at two companies so far (50 and 20 people) to never reply directly in a channel, and always use threads:
I usually start by proposing an idea to a small group of people - e.g. my team or people at the company I think might like the idea. Only after a few people say they like the idea and start using threads, propose the idea to more people and say "look, a few of us are using threads and it works".