Managing message threads through use of a consolidated message

A computer program product for managing message threads, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• detecting a message thread addressed to a client device, wherein the message thread comprises an exchange of multiple message replies to messages related to a first topic;
• determining whether a quantity of messages in the message thread exceeds a predetermined limit during a specified amount of time;
• in response to determining that the quantity of messages in the message thread exceeds the predetermined limit during the specified amount of time, generating a consolidated single message that describes content of the multiple message replies in the message thread;
• and
• transmitting, to the client device, the consolidated single message.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor, a computer readable memory, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to detect a message thread addressed to a client device, wherein the message thread comprises an exchange of multiple message replies to messages related to a first topic;
• second program instructions to determine whether a quantity of messages in the message thread exceeds a predetermined limit during a specified amount of time;
• third program instructions to, in response to determining that the quantity of messages in the message thread exceeds the predetermined limit during the specified amount of time, generate a consolidated single message that describes content of the multiple message replies in the message thread;
• and
• fourth program instructions to transmit, to the client device, the consolidated single message;
• and wherein
• the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium for execution by one or more processors via the computer readable memory.