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

A computer-implemented method of operating a group-based communication platform, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• periodically sending group-based communication platform query data from a remote group-based communication server to a client device,
• receiving, via communications circuitry, an indication of a non-keystroke engagement of a search input interface on the client device;
• generating, via the communications circuitry on the client device, a group-based communication platform query data result responsive to the indication of the non-keystroke engagement, the group-based communication platform query data result comprising:
• a plurality of data items, each data item comprising at least one of a message or a conversation associated with a group-based communication channel;
• and
• a ranking of the plurality of data items based in part on interactions with at least some of the plurality of data items by a user of the client device;
• receiving, from the user, a selection of a data item of the plurality of data items;
• and
• responsive to receiving the selection, causing display of a user interface configured to allow the user of the client device to send a new message to at least one member of the group-based communication channel associated with the data item.

A group-based communication system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a communications circuitry;
• wherein the memory comprises computer-executable program code instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations associated with a group-based communication platform, the operations comprising:
• periodically sending group-based communication platform query data from a remote group-based communication server to a client device,
• receiving, via the communications circuitry, an indication of a non-keystroke engagement of a search input interface on the client device associated with the group-based communication platform;
• generating, on the client device, via the at least one processor and responsive to the indication of the non-keystroke engagement, a group-based communication platform query data result comprising a plurality of data items, each data item comprising at least one of a message or a conversation associated with a group-based communication channel, and a ranking of the plurality of data items based in part on interactions with at least some of the plurality of data items by a user of the client device;
• receiving, from the user, a selection of a data item of the plurality of data items;
• and
• responsive to receiving the selection, causing display of a user interface configured to allow the user of the client device to send a new message to at least one member of the group-based communication channel associated with the data item.