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0004. Disable group chat
| Date | Tags |
|---|---|
| 2018-05-14 | scope, chat |
Status
proposed
Context
We want to launch our beta in Q2. This requires us to keep a tight scope and stay on the critical path.
Group chat is not as vital as 1-1 chat for the chat experience. It is also likely not as useful for an MVP as public chat is, since this gives people a chance to talk to strangers and it is open by default.
Whether group chats are in scope or not has been a recurring discussing and a lot of effort has been wasted related to this.
There are currently a lot of outstanding regressions related to group chat: https://github.com/status-im/status-react/labels/group-chat Additionally, since group chats are private the encryption and security of those are generally harder than 1-1 and public chat.
Decision
Disable group chat for beta and don't work on bugs related to it until after. See https://github.com/status-im/status-react/issues/3995
This ensures we can release beta without blockers, and then we can take some time to fix group chats properly.
Consequences
Group chats disabled in beta. People won't be able to chat in private groups.