I didn't honestly find it ruinously distracting, but it was a handicap. Much of the work I did at the time relied on interacting with a team of developers while

I didn't honestly find it ruinously distracting, but it was a handicap. Much of the work I did at the time relied on interacting with a team of developers while I was remote. Slack allowed me to ask and answer questions asynchronously, while scheduling a meeting or getting a video call together at least _felt_ like a greater burden. On average, at peak slack usage, I was probably interacting with it several times per hour, in bursts of messages per conversation. After reevaluating, I'd quit slack for hours at a time while focusing. I'm not really sure how to quantify the impact that had; it's mostly that I've forced myself to recognize when I'm in the zone on work and proactively shut down communication until I'm ready for a break. Before, I'd occasionally get an interruption or reach out to someone and lose some time and focus to Slack.