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Sounds like it's working for you. Why people don't turn notifications off is beyond me though. Still, curating/making asynchronous is the biggest issue with sla

• mrjn 10y ago
  The main reason for not turning off notifications is the fear of missing out, decisions being made without you. And it's a very valid fear.
  • enraged_camel 10y ago
    You seem to have posted this in multiple places. I don't think it's a valid fear at all. If people are constantly monitoring Slack for fear of missing out on decisions, then don't make decisions over Slack. It's really as simple as that. We have policies that dictate what types of conversations belong in Slack and what types of conversations don't. If something requires a person's input, they are summoned to Slack via a mention. Otherwise, it's widely understood and accepted that Slack is primarily for Q&A, collaboration, sharing of cool finds, and what we classify as "general chat." Other than that, we also have meetings (both in person and via remote session/conference) for more important topics and decisions. The results of those meetings are communicated to the team via email (which everyone is expected to check twice per day). If you try to use Slack for everything, it will fail for you. That holds true for any tool.
    • mrjn 10y ago
      Agree. In fact, that's the main motivation behind this bot is to ensure that we don't use Slack for everything. But, it goes beyond that. We also realized that Slack wasn't a productivity enhancer, it was a bonding catalyst. And realizing that helped us steer conversations away from Slack. In other words, Slack for us is the equivalent of what would be considered water cooler talk.