I think the main takeaway here when I encounter these complaints about Slack all boil down to "you're doing it wrong". If you set good guidelines on usage and

I think the main takeaway here when I encounter these complaints about Slack all boil down to "you're doing it wrong". If you set good guidelines on usage and make sure you actually police them Slack is in an incredibly useful tool. Especially if you have offices in different geographic locations or a large number of remote employees. You can't hold the hammer by the head, try to pound nails with the handle, then complain that the hammer is no good for pounding nails.