Perhaps a search filter + minor change will give us a large amount of this request …
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Allow users to easily create PMs to a group (without expansion hacks that are used with the @mention stuff) - never been a fan of the expansion hacks.
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Allow for a search filter
to:GROUP_NAME
to see all PMs sent to a particular group in the full screen UI
Together I think this would cover the sentiment behind the original request.