# Slack Bot - How To NOT Reply in Threads?

**URL:** <https://forum.ideta.io/t/slack-bot-how-to-not-reply-in-threads/314>\
**Category:** I don't know where to post\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.ideta.io/t/slack-bot-how-to-not-reply-in-threads/314 "2023-08-23T23:35:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jeremy](https://forum.ideta.io/u/Jeremy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.ideta.io/t/slack-bot-how-to-not-reply-in-threads/314/1 "2023-08-23T23:35:06Z")

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Hey everyone. I’ve successfully setup ideta for Slack. I’m not using the ideta app, created my own character.

Question: how to make the bot reply NOT in threads but as a normal message not linked to any previous message?

Do we change something in the manifest or is this something hard-coded in Ideta?

Appreciate any help🙏Screenshot of how it currently respond in threads (and I don’t want it to respond like this).

 ![IMG_8541](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/ideta/original/1X/55a74c5de9281e0974b1a10b009f8cf0152bea76.jpeg)