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I recently learned about /mute, which is a godsend. It lets me keep those channels open that I'm interested in, but lets me avoid getting a little red circle i

by d23 11y ago

I recently learned about /mute, which is a godsend. It lets me keep those channels open that I'm interested in, but lets me avoid getting a little red circle in my taskbar every time a message appears in them. I keep 80% of my Slack channels muted now, with only the really important ones unmuted.

mmanfrin 11y ago
I'm sincerely annoyed with Hipchat because it does not have a feature like this, or configurable notifications per room. We've got our main chat (which I want to monitor), and then a room for support (which I don't really care about unless I'm directly pinged). Unfortunately, I can't turn off the latter without turning off the former. Very annoying.
- eipipuz 11y ago
  Why don't you leave the room? If they ping you, you'll get invited to rejoin it.
- marcins 11y ago
  Customisable per-room notifications for HipChat have been in Beta for the web client since July: https://blog.hipchat.com/2015/07/13/customizable-room-notifications-now-in-beta-boom/ https://blog.hipchat.com/2015/07/13/customizable-room-notifi...
  - mmanfrin 11y ago
    So, as of a month ago it's available to beta users of the non-app version. I.e., it still doesn't have per-room notification settings in an actual use case unless I downgrade down to the web client.
tericho 11y ago
This article hits the nail on the head, but twice-a-day is extreme and not realistic for my position leading a development team. I found the mute button & fiddling with notification settings to be the middle ground. I do the same as you, turned off the red dot for all but mentions and it took away so much anxiety. I check in whenever I have time or take a break from programming. It's a nice balance.
- frostmatthew 11y ago
  > twice-a-day is extreme and not realistic Agreed - if everyone did that I'm not sure there would be any point in using Slack (or similar). The team I'm on started using Slack a few months ago but use has increased significantly over the last few weeks now that a) our tech lead is remote and b) other teams have started using it. Overall I think use of Slack has been a net-positive but my productivity has definitely been [negatively] impacted as a result. Inspired by the author I think I'll turn off notifications (except for mentions) and only check Slack as frequently as I check email (typically about once an hour).

by d23 11y ago

mmanfrin 11y ago

I'm sincerely annoyed with Hipchat because it does not have a feature like this, or configurable notifications per room. We've got our main chat (which I want to monitor), and then a room for support (which I don't really care about unless I'm directly pinged). Unfortunately, I can't turn off the latter without turning off the former. Very annoying.

eipipuz 11y ago
Why don't you leave the room? If they ping you, you'll get invited to rejoin it.
marcins 11y ago
Customisable per-room notifications for HipChat have been in Beta for the web client since July: https://blog.hipchat.com/2015/07/13/customizable-room-notifications-now-in-beta-boom/ https://blog.hipchat.com/2015/07/13/customizable-room-notifi...
- mmanfrin 11y ago
  So, as of a month ago it's available to beta users of the non-app version. I.e., it still doesn't have per-room notification settings in an actual use case unless I downgrade down to the web client.

tericho 11y ago

This article hits the nail on the head, but twice-a-day is extreme and not realistic for my position leading a development team. I found the mute button & fiddling with notification settings to be the middle ground. I do the same as you, turned off the red dot for all but mentions and it took away so much anxiety. I check in whenever I have time or take a break from programming. It's a nice balance.

frostmatthew 11y ago
> twice-a-day is extreme and not realistic Agreed - if everyone did that I'm not sure there would be any point in using Slack (or similar). The team I'm on started using Slack a few months ago but use has increased significantly over the last few weeks now that a) our tech lead is remote and b) other teams have started using it. Overall I think use of Slack has been a net-positive but my productivity has definitely been [negatively] impacted as a result. Inspired by the author I think I'll turn off notifications (except for mentions) and only check Slack as frequently as I check email (typically about once an hour).