Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for outputting improved autosuggestions in a group-based communication platform

A method for providing user identifier autosuggestions within a group-based communication system, the method:

• receiving, in a user interface of a group-based communication platform, query data indicative of at least one first user identifier, said at least one first user identifier being associated with at least one first user who is not a member of the group-based communication system;
• responsive to receiving the query data indicative of the at least one first user identifier, determining a set of at least one suggested user identifier based on the query data, wherein the at least one suggested user identifier in the set is determined based on a past interaction of the at least one first user with the group-based communication system;
• causing display of the set of at least one suggested user identifier together with corresponding indicators for each of the at least one suggested user identifiers in the set, said corresponding indicators each including information regarding membership associated with the suggested user identifier;
• detecting a selection of a selected user identifier from the set of at least one suggested user identifier;
• and
• automatically replacing the query data with an automatically completed external first user identifier along with the corresponding indicator corresponding to the selected user identifier.

A system for providing user identifier autosuggestions within a group-based communication system, the system comprising:

• a data store;
• at least one processor;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of providing user identifier autosuggestions within the group-based communication system, the method comprising:
• receiving, in a user interface of a group-based communication platform, query data indicative of at least one first user identifier associated with a first user who is not a member of the group-based communication system;
• responsive to receiving the query data indicative of the at least one first user identifier, determining a set of at least one suggested user identifier based on the query data, wherein the at least one suggested user identifier in the set is determined based on a past interaction of the at least one first user with the group-based communication system;
• causing display of the set of at least one suggested user identifier together with corresponding indicators for each of the at least one suggested user identifiers in the set, said corresponding indicators each including information regarding membership associated with the suggested user identifier;
• detecting a selection of a selected user identifier from the set of at least one suggested user identifier;
• and
• automatically replacing the query data indicative of the at least one user identifier with an automatically completed first user identifier along with the corresponding indicator corresponding to the selected user identifier.