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Just let me block people and bots. Absurd that you can't. I emailed their support and got the most weak, SV response possible: 'If you need to block people then
by te_chris 9y ago
Just let me block people and bots. Absurd that you can't. I emailed their support and got the most weak, SV response possible: 'If you need to block people then that shows you have a communication problem'. F-the-F-off. If we want to block people or bots who are annoying or irrelevant to us, let us!
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoSlack channels are hard to get into; if you've made it open via e.g. one of those auto inviter bots, you've done it to yourself. Slack is not built for big / open communities.
- te_chris 9y agoWho said I was talking about open communities? I don't care if someone moves a Trello ticket, e.g. on some projects, but I do want to still be able to talk about the project in the channel.
- mateuszf 9y agoThen you can use the "mute" feature
- te_chris 9y agoMute the whole channel because slack won't just let me mute a user? That's ridiculous UX.
- darkstar999 9y agoI understand your frustration. Messages should come with a priority level so you can decide to filter out automated messages or gif bots, while still seeing important messages from your team.
- epicide 9y ago"Bad UX" gets thrown around like "bad customer service" in retail: usually, it really means "fix my problem before I've even tried to solve it myself" and then throwing a tantrum when that doesn't happen.
- sidlls 9y agoThat's a communication problem, or an organizational problem. We use Slack at my company and we have a policy--developed by communication with one another--that "notification" type things of that sort go into their own channel specifically for the purpose so that anybody who is interested enough can be invited or join (if it's public).