New Monzo help chat

Hey people :wave:

I was wondering if someone else’s Monzo chat looks a bit weird, compared to a few months ago.

I remember it being separate for each conversation you’ve had, and honestly a better design to it.

Now I can’t see my previous chats and the last 2 times I’ve messaged Monzo are in one big chat with some weird design, and every time I open it goes to the top of the conversation. :woman_shrugging:

They recently switched from a third-party chat system to one they’ve built themselves. It does look a bit weird, and they did it largely unannounced.

:man_shrugging:

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Oh I see. :grimacing:

I liked the other one better! But I do understand they want to use something they built themselves rather than using a third-party system.

Hopefully they’ll improve this with time :crossed_fingers:

I tried to start a discussion on it here:

It would be useful to provide feedback to Monzo on the new chat, as I agree it needs a fair amount of work.

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I’ve tried to look for something regarding the chat here but I couldn’t find it, I guess I’m still fairly new here :grimacing:

I’ll definitely take a look at it :eyes:

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Only a fraction of customers are on the new system right now so it can be accurately stress-tested before we roll it out to everyone. We’ll be talking more about it as we continue to roll it out, but we’re pleased with the progress!

@dgores it would be interesting to know what you preferred about the previous design and interface?

I’ve seen a few people on here being caught unaware by this, though. I know I was a bit baffled at first until I remembered someone on the forums mentioning a new chat system was being made.

Maybe consider some sort of in-chat message for those that have been switched explaining why things look different, and why their archive has disappeared – along with a link for providing feedback for you.

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@simonb the previous chat system had a more ‘clean’ look to it, also every conversation was stored separately. More like a normal message system looks like nowadays (iMessage or Facebook messanger), it would give a more normal and familiar look to it.

Also all the archived conversations disappeared :pensive:

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You don’t start multiple chats with the same person though? :thinking:

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I never spoke with the same person more than once. Every time I would have an issue I would start a new conversation with a new person, and it would be stored by COps. Like iMessage for example.

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But you’re still contacting one entity at a time.

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I think what @dgores would prefer is to have each issue stored as a separate thread, which makes sense to me too.

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True, but each chat is essentially a new support ticket, so different chats for each request makes sense.

EDIT: still trying to work out replies on here…

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@hdwrng yeah exactly. I think I wasn’t explaining myself correctly.

Just trying to understand how you see and use it!

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@BethS now everything is in one message, even if you started a new issue, it takes you to that same message but another person will be replying to you.

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We do like to keep as much of the conversation in one place. It’s much easier to follow as a COp.

We can deal with all issues in one chat instead of two COps possibly talking to you at the same time for two different issues.

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100% agree with what others are saying, each chat should be it’s own ticket

So. You are saying that a new subject that you are talking about you want as a new conversation. If it’s a new Cop helping you on same subject it should stay in the same chat.

1st November Pin help - as many cops can come in and help
5th November Merchant - start a new chat for it.

Is that what you are trying to explain?

EDIT: I know nothing about Monzo chat or what monzo sees or does. Never used it ever.

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Yes, exactly :slightly_smiling_face:

I apologise for starting a new thread on this subject :grimacing:

I’m quite new here, so I guees I need to learn how this here really works :nerd_face:

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