> I actually don't think that IM is a net positive for me. The channel support in Slack/Teams/Stride is. Yep. No problems with dedicated phone number, dedicate

> I actually don't think that IM is a net positive for me. The channel support in Slack/Teams/Stride is. Yep. No problems with dedicated phone number, dedicated im address, dedicated email, etc. Group chats, group discussions, mailing lists, git commit messages, wiki edits, etc - those are the ones that can be very hard to follow, especially if you're involved in many.