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The worst part of a synchronous chatroom is repeatedly asking for something you need now - and getting drowned out by irrelevant conversations, other tech chats
by stephengillie 8y ago
The worst part of a synchronous chatroom is repeatedly asking for something you need now - and getting drowned out by irrelevant conversations, other tech chats, and cat gifs. Because you need the PR to finish the ticket and go home. But 2 people who are done for the day are still discussing house siding with a remote dev.
- crooked-v 8y agoThat's what separate channels are for.
- stephengillie 8y agoYou're suggesting to start a new channel just for the PR?
- learc83 8y agoI think they're suggesting seperate channels for the non work related stuff. Or just smaller channels in general.
- stephengillie 8y agoAnd how do you expect to get the siding discussion into the other channel if you can't get their attention?
- learc83 8y agoIt's not a one time deal. You have to set the expectation that some channels are for work only, some channels are for off-topic discussions. You might need someone with some authority to help with this. I take charge of managing some of the slack channels at my company, and we're able to keep the off-topic conversation mostly contained.
- allannienhuis 8y agoIsn't that what direct messages are for?