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Structuring and supporting persistent chat conversations

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David Fono,

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CSCW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Pages 455 - 458

https://doi.org/10.1145/1180875.1180944

Published: 04 November 2006 Publication History

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Persistence of conversations has been found to be a useful feature in group chat tools. When conversations are stored and made accessible to all members of a group, they can facilitate organizational memory, group awareness, and other beneficial practices. However, the lack of structure in chat conversations makes it difficult for users to read and keep track of lengthy conversation histories. To contend with this problem, we have developed a persistent chat system that incorporates a number of features which facilitate participation in long, ongoing conversations.

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Structuring and supporting persistent chat conversations
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CSCW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work

November 2006

548 pages

ISBN:1595932496

DOI:10.1145/1180875

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Stanford University, USA
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SMART Technologies Inc., Canada

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