For me, “chat” can be so frustrating that I literally log out of it to get work done. First, there has not been single message better sent in chat. Every sing

For me, “chat” can be so frustrating that I literally log out of it to get work done. First, there has not been single message better sent in chat. Every single one should have been an E-mail, especially considering: - I am usually trying to finish something and random chats interrupt me. - People essentially ignore “status” (“I can see you online” = “I can send complex questions out of the blue and expect an immediate response”). - Any history/information becomes fragmented: instead of being collected in one place (E-mail), it is split up or lost entirely. - Not all chat clients are good. They screw up formatting. They have lousy UX in other ways. I want the full power of real communication in E-mail. There are also wrong assumptions made. I saw a friend get basically scolded by an upper manager for not attending some stupid conference call, which was “communicated” to him via offline chat message. Well messages don’t always deliver. Talk to people or, you know, send reliable E-mails. So the only solution is to “hide”: log that stupid thing out if you need an hour of uninterrupted work.