Keep select messages in networked group conversation threads

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive, by a chat application running on a first client device, a selection of a first message to keep from a sequence of messages in a networked conversation hosted by the chat application, wherein the first message is associated with a second client device;
• verify that the networked conversation is slated for deletion at a selected time after the selection of the first message;
• store the first message in a folder accessible to multiple participants in the networked conversation;
• determine a state of the chat application in the second client device;
• display, based on the state of the chat application in the second client device, an in-application notification or a push notification that the first message has been stored in the folder and is accessible to the participants in the networked conversation;
• and
• remove the first message from the folder upon receipt, from the second client device, of a request to un-keep the first message.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• requesting, via a network chat application running in a first client device, to keep at least one message in a first conversation thread in a networked conversation hosted by the network chat application, wherein the first conversation thread is scheduled for a later deletion and wherein the at least one message is associated with a second client device;
• accessing the at least one message in a folder for kept messages;
• determining a state of the chat application in the second client device;
• displaying, based on the state of the chat application in the second client device, an in-application notification or a push notification that the at least one message has been stored in the folder and is accessible to multiple participants in the networked conversation;
• removing the at least one message from the folder upon receipt, from the second client device, of a request to un-keep the at least one message;
• and
• requesting, with the first client device, to un-keep a second message from a second conversation thread, wherein the second message was sent to the second conversation thread from the first client device.