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I stopped using Slack. It is a productivity drain.
by bernardlunn 10y ago
I stopped using Slack. It is a productivity drain.
- tapvt 10y agoI've been tempted to stop using it, but instead just shut off notifications. I really like being able to pull it up quickly to see when code has been pushed up, pull requests created / merged, or whatever automated CI action is going on for a particular project. The chatter can burn a lot of time though. You're absolutely right there.
- user5994461 10y agoI didn't have anything to stop notifications last I checked. Had to uninstall the app.
- avenoir 10y agoUsing MS Teams at the office and I couldn't agree more. It's useful about 30% of the time. The other 70% is sharing giphies and news links.
- ncallaway 10y agoWe solved this by creating a separate channel for gifs and news. Those interested can participate, those not interested can just mute the channel and ignore it.
- aantix 10y agoI wish they had an option to only notify me of images and gifies. I have no idea what the other stuff is about..
- SippinLean 10y agoI have two jobs, the one without Slack is much harder to stay on top of. I just mute the gif-sharing channel.
- seattle_spring 10y agoI feel like this is about as relevant to this discussion as someone arrogantly interjecting, "Oh I don't own a TV," when talking about Netflix shows.
- dtech 10y agoDo you only call / talk to people in person at your job? In my experience that is much more disruptive than an instant message.
- mfringel 10y agoYour show of virtue has been noted by the Ministry of Statistics. Thank you for the data point.
- legohead 10y agoWorking as a publisher and having channels to talk to each of our clients is amazing and increases productivity and communication way beyond just email and phone. But that's just my particular use-case :)