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ASK: Slack Stats DM vs. Public vs. Private – Whats It Mean?
I started doing a bit of analysis on how we are using slack and found that we have the following usage
Total Messages
80% public channels, 4% private channels, 17% DMs
I compared this to a client team we also have access to and noticed they have
Total Messages
12% public channels, 11% private channels, 77% DMs
While I'm sure there are a ton of ways to use and think about using slack , we all took notice that the DM ratio is so high meaning that most of the conversation is private between team members.
Since this is a metric I don't know what to do with I thought I would ask what sort of numbers other people have.
- social_quotient 10y agoI sent this same message to SLACK directly and got back an interesting reply. "Very interesting indeed! While I don't have specific numbers to provide to you, I can say with confidence that the way your team is using Slack is how we intended it to be used. Because one of the benefits of Slack involves being able to access the team's conversations, we recommend keeping conversations in public channels as much as possible." Still really curious what some of you in the wild are seeing. Thx!