Modifying direct message communication membership

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, in association with a direct message (DM) communication between two or more users of a communication platform, a first request to generate a new channel associated with the DM communication, wherein the DM communication is a private communication that is not discoverable to other users of the communication platform;
• sending, to a client associated with a user of the two or more users, a second request to at least one of (i) identify an additional user not previously associated with the DM communication and (ii) designate whether to include at least a portion of context data associated with the DM communication in a new channel;
• based at least in part on receiving (i) an identifier associated with the additional user and (ii) an indication to include at least a portion of the context data in the new channel, generating the new channel, wherein the two or more users and the additional user are members of the new channel, the new channel is a private channel that is not discoverable to other users of the communication platform, and the at least the portion of the context data is associated with the new channel;
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• displaying, via at least one client associated with at least one user of the two or more users and in association with the new channel, an interface element usable to invite one or more other users not previously associated with the DM communication to communicate via the new channel.

A system associated with a communication platform, wherein the system comprises:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, in association with a direct message (DM) communication associated with a first group of users of the communication platform and from a client of a user of the first group of users, a first request to generate a new channel associated with the DM communication, wherein the DM communication is a private communication that is not discoverable to other users of the communication platform;
• sending, to the client, a second request to designate at least one of (i) whether to include context data associated with the DM communication in a new channel or (ii) an amount of context data to include in the new channel;
• based at least in part on receiving an indication to include at least a portion of the context data associated with the DM communication in the new channel, generating the new channel, wherein the new channel is a private channel that is not discoverable to other users of the communication platform and the at least the portion of the context data is associated with the new channel;
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• in response to generating the new channel, displaying an interface element usable to invite an additional user not previously associated with the DM communication to communicate via the new channel.