First, some background:

I often use group messaging. However, for some things, I prefer to send group messages in "chat" mode, and for other types of messages, I prefer to send them in "bulk" mode. Due to the large number of messages I send out about announcements to things (where I require no response), I have my global / default group messaging type set to "bulk". However, when I'm responding to another group chat (where I'm included as a recipient), I typically want to use the "chat" group messaging type. The problem is that I still tend to forget which mode the conversation is in before sending messages sometimes.

Solution:

What I'd like to propose is that a small visual indicator (e.g. a small glyph or icon) be added somewhere on screen to indicate the type of group messaging option in effect. Naturally, this need only appear when the active conversation is a group message. And I think a logical place to put this would be near the send button -- perhaps even as a small overlay on the send button.

As an alternative, it would be even nicer if there was a toggle button/switch displayed on the group message compose interface that not only indicated the current type of group message mode in effect, but which would allow us to toggle / change the group messaging mode when tapped. This way, it would serve both as a convenient visual indicator and as a means to easily change the group message mode (with one tap) instead of the 7 taps it currently requires to change the group message mode. Again, putting the group messaging mode switch button near the send button seems like it may be a good place for it.

I noticed that this other suggestion seems similar to mine: https://textra.uservoice.com/forums/208555-feedback/suggestions/18442723-bulk-vs-chat-button-in-group-messages

This is a small thing, but I think it would help people like me a lot. Thanks in advance!