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# Introduction to topics
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{!topics-intro.md!}
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## When to start a new topic
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{!when-to-start-a-new-topic.md!}
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## How to start a new topic
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Zulip lets you start a new conversation in any channel, no matter where you are.
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{!how-to-start-a-new-topic.md!}
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## What about threads?
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Topics in Zulip fill the role of threads in other chat apps. This
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section will help you understand how concepts you might be familiar
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with from other applications show up in Zulip.
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### Where are the threads?
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In other team chat applications, you might be used to seeing threads
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in a small panel on the side of the app. In busy organizations, that
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cramped panel is where you may read most of the substantive
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discussions.
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In Zulip, you won't see a threads sidebar, because threads appear in the main
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message view instead. Threads help keep conversations organized, so Zulip puts
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them front and center.
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### How do I find threads?
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In other apps, threads generally start from a message in the main channel feed.
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That message becomes the key to finding a thread (which can often be tricky to
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do).
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In Zulip, there's nothing special about the first message in a thread. Instead,
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each thread is labeled with a topic. This makes threads in Zulip easy to find.
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You can:
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- See recent threads in each channel you're subscribed to in the [left
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sidebar](/help/left-sidebar).
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- See a list of threads where you have unread messages in your
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[inbox](/help/inbox).
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- Get an overview of all threads with recent messages in [recent
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conversations](/help/recent-conversations).
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### How do I reply?
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Many chat apps have prominent “reply” or “reply in thread” buttons. These
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buttons are necessary, because it's often hard to figure out what conversation
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messages belong to if you don't use them.
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When you [start composing](/help/replying-to-messages) a message in Zulip, it
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will automatically be addressed to the conversation thread you're reading
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(unless you are [starting a new
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thread](/help/introduction-to-topics#how-to-start-a-new-topic)). Because
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everything is organized into threads, it'll almost always be clear what you're
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responding to. This means there is no need to repeat what has already been said
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when you reply.
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You can still [quote](/help/quote-or-forward-a-message#quote-a-message) part of
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an older message for reference, or
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[forward](/help/quote-or-forward-a-message#forward-a-message) a message to
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another thread.
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## Further reading
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* [Getting started with Zulip](/help/getting-started-with-zulip)
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* [Introduction to channels](/help/introduction-to-channels)
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* [Finding a conversation to read](/help/finding-a-conversation-to-read)
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* [Reading conversations](/help/reading-conversations)
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* [Replying to messages](/help/replying-to-messages)
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