Improve usability of closing questions

[jkehres]

Closing a trivia question is a multi-step process. You must type /trivial close. select the answer from a dropdown, and click the submit button on the dialog. Closing a question should require less typing and fewer steps.

One possible solution is to post an ephemeral message to the user that created the question. This message would only be visible to the question creator and would contain buttons that let them close/answer the question with a single click. The ephemeral message would be deleted once the question was closed.

[jkehres]

Here is a mock UI for the ephemeral message that also includes the concepts of deleting or editing in place a posted question:

https://api.slack.com/tools/block-kit-builder?mode=message&blocks=%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22section%22%2C%22text%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22mrkdwn%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Manage%20your%20question%20with%20the%20following%20actions%3A%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22type%22%3A%22actions%22%2C%22elements%22%3A%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22button%22%2C%22text%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22plain_text%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Delete%22%7D%2C%22value%22%3A%22delete%22%7D%2C%7B%22type%22%3A%22button%22%2C%22text%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22plain_text%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Edit%22%7D%2C%22value%22%3A%22edit%22%7D%2C%7B%22type%22%3A%22button%22%2C%22text%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22plain_text%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Answer%20Fact%22%7D%2C%22style%22%3A%22primary%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22fact%22%7D%2C%7B%22type%22%3A%22button%22%2C%22text%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22plain_text%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Answer%20Crap%22%7D%2C%22style%22%3A%22danger%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22crap%22%7D%5D%7D%5D