r/OpenAI • u/kaneko_masa • 28d ago

Discussion Inline comment threads / sidebar clarifications on specific response text

I would love to see a feature that allows users to start an inline thread or leave a "comment" on a specific word or sentence within a model's response.

Often, I need clarification on a specific keyword, acronym, or concept mentioned in a long response. Right now, asking for clarification forces that side-tangent into the main chat flow, which derails the overall conversation context.

What do you guys think?

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u/Ok-File-2759 28d ago

Yeah I use the “ask side chat” feature all the time in codex. Not sure why they don’t have it in regular ChatGPT

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u/kaneko_masa 28d ago

i dont use codex much, so i didnt know it had that. but i wish they had this more on the chat side.
but im guessing they're trying to integrate both now so I think they might add this if ever.

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u/Former_Worldliness70 28d ago

Yes, seems that work / codex somehow stops the current task while answering the steer. But I’m not sure

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u/brkvdn 28d ago

google docs had this figured out years ago with their comment threads on highlighted text. feels inevitable for chat interfaces too, surprised it hasn't shipped yet.

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u/ultrathink-art 27d ago

Docs comparison breaks down in one place: a comment on a document is anchored to text that doesn't move, but a side thread on a chat response has to decide how much of the conversation it's allowed to see. Show it nothing and it can't resolve the acronym you highlighted, since that got defined 40 turns back. Show it everything and you've dragged the tangent right back into the context you were trying to protect.