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They're doing it based on engagement? Great.. it's just going to surface the jokes. Seriously, there's a lot of important information that passes through our

They're doing it based on engagement? Great.. it's just going to surface the jokes. Seriously, there's a lot of important information that passes through our slack channels, but, for the most part, we don't "engage" with it in the way they are measuring. We don't react, reply, click on, or share the important messages. We just respond to them in the normal flow of conversation. The jokes, wit, and quips on the other hand... those get reacted to. So there's a good chance those are going to be the highlights. Which, while fun, is a complete waste of screen real estate and isn't going to help me be more productive.

jarrettch 9y ago
This is what I'm afraid of. By far the most reacted/responded to messages are the Happy Birthday/Anniversary shoutouts, the @channel letting everyone know the coffee machine is working again or donuts in the kitchen, memes, etc. When our DB is being updated, or our staging instance is gonna be down briefly, or "Here's an article about security updates just released for x," there isn't huge engagement. You know, stuff that actually affects my work as a dev. I really don't want to see highlights of "@channel can someone dog sit for the weekend? here are pictures!" or similar things that aren't pertinent to work.
polpo 9y ago
Yeah, the first thing Highlights brought up for me this morning was some image posted in our company's #random channel. Uh, thanks?
benologist 9y ago
I guess the good news is once buzzfeed et al find a way to appropriate all that attention your highlights will stop being pointless stuff people said.
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PhasmaFelis 9y ago
I was about to say that that's not totally inappropriate for a chat service originally designed for gaming. Then I remembered I was thinking of Discord, which to me is better than Slack at most of the things I use Slack for. So...yeah, that's a weird decision for Slack.
_jtrig 9y ago
This is a problem everywhere not just in Slack.. politics, forums, social media etc

jarrettch 9y ago

This is what I'm afraid of. By far the most reacted/responded to messages are the Happy Birthday/Anniversary shoutouts, the @channel letting everyone know the coffee machine is working again or donuts in the kitchen, memes, etc. When our DB is being updated, or our staging instance is gonna be down briefly, or "Here's an article about security updates just released for x," there isn't huge engagement. You know, stuff that actually affects my work as a dev. I really don't want to see highlights of "@channel can someone dog sit for the weekend? here are pictures!" or similar things that aren't pertinent to work.

polpo 9y ago

Yeah, the first thing Highlights brought up for me this morning was some image posted in our company's #random channel. Uh, thanks?

benologist 9y ago

I guess the good news is once buzzfeed et al find a way to appropriate all that attention your highlights will stop being pointless stuff people said.

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PhasmaFelis 9y ago

I was about to say that that's not totally inappropriate for a chat service originally designed for gaming. Then I remembered I was thinking of Discord, which to me is better than Slack at most of the things I use Slack for. So...yeah, that's a weird decision for Slack.

_jtrig 9y ago

This is a problem everywhere not just in Slack.. politics, forums, social media etc