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I'm finding this more and more during my off hours. I wish there was a way to opt out of all @channel announcements on my phone app and still get notifications

I'm finding this more and more during my off hours. I wish there was a way to opt out of all @channel announcements on my phone app and still get notifications for when someone tags me directly (when I'm actually needed). Probably not a helpful answer to your question, but I feel your pain, at any rate.

Banduin 9y ago
You can ignore @channel and @here on a per channel basic. It's under Notification Preferences in a channel. I think it applies to both desktop and phone though.
- intermittently 9y ago
  > I think it applies to both desktop and phone though. Yeah, unfortunately that's the problem. It's probably worth doing what you suggest for multi-day vacations though (and un-doing when I'm back to my desk).
user5994461 9y ago
Did you install slack on your phone? Never install slack on your phone. Uninstall slack from your phone. It's a matter of life or death and I am not even kidding.
- closed 9y ago
  Could you elaborate? I'm particularly interested in the matter of life or death bit :).
  - Clubber 9y ago
    There is a poison dart in your phone, a la. Raiders of the Lost Arc. Every time you open the slack app, there is a 1 in 10^16 chance of that arrow shooting out and killing you. I think it's in the speaker grill and it usually points downward, if you know what I mean.
- gm 9y ago
  Unfortunately, I'm coming to realize what you say is true. Now that I think about it, there is NO issue that negatively affects my work/life balance more than having Slack installed on my phone.
  - user5994461 9y ago
    Great. Now uninstall it before your wife divorce you.
- valuearb 9y ago
  If you strictly limit notifications it's okay. I'm fine with being notified of a critical bug or problem when I'm at home, and happy to grab my laptop to help. Even if sometimes it turns out to not be so critical or important. But if you, unlike me, actually have hobbies or planned activities for your free time, deleting might be better.
  - user5994461 9y ago
    A phone is already a phone. It can be called for emergency. Notifications can't all be disabled. You're at the mercy of any message from a dude who's at the office 2 hours before or after you. Unlike a phone call, people don't realize that a slack messages is disruptive and require you to be online 24/7.

Banduin 9y ago

You can ignore @channel and @here on a per channel basic. It's under Notification Preferences in a channel. I think it applies to both desktop and phone though.

intermittently 9y ago
> I think it applies to both desktop and phone though. Yeah, unfortunately that's the problem. It's probably worth doing what you suggest for multi-day vacations though (and un-doing when I'm back to my desk).

user5994461 9y ago

Did you install slack on your phone? Never install slack on your phone. Uninstall slack from your phone. It's a matter of life or death and I am not even kidding.

closed 9y ago
Could you elaborate? I'm particularly interested in the matter of life or death bit :).
- Clubber 9y ago
  There is a poison dart in your phone, a la. Raiders of the Lost Arc. Every time you open the slack app, there is a 1 in 10^16 chance of that arrow shooting out and killing you. I think it's in the speaker grill and it usually points downward, if you know what I mean.
gm 9y ago
Unfortunately, I'm coming to realize what you say is true. Now that I think about it, there is NO issue that negatively affects my work/life balance more than having Slack installed on my phone.
- user5994461 9y ago
  Great. Now uninstall it before your wife divorce you.
valuearb 9y ago
If you strictly limit notifications it's okay. I'm fine with being notified of a critical bug or problem when I'm at home, and happy to grab my laptop to help. Even if sometimes it turns out to not be so critical or important. But if you, unlike me, actually have hobbies or planned activities for your free time, deleting might be better.
- user5994461 9y ago
  A phone is already a phone. It can be called for emergency. Notifications can't all be disabled. You're at the mercy of any message from a dude who's at the office 2 hours before or after you. Unlike a phone call, people don't realize that a slack messages is disruptive and require you to be online 24/7.