I find it hard to follow these kind of no-chat articles since they usually come off as a bit contrarian rather than something that makes sense: * Why does a ch

I find it hard to follow these kind of no-chat articles since they usually come off as a bit contrarian rather than something that makes sense: * Why does a chat blackout naturally follow a fear of missing out? * What's different from the good ol' IRC days? Mute the channels, see them as transient, and focus on 1on1 conversations. * Important conversations should not be solely communicated through a short-lived channel chat, but be summarized through email or whatever. * You're already missing out on all the 1on1 conversations you're not in. And I write this as someone who chronically checks for slack updates. Maybe the "fear of missing out" isn't really about missing out on important information, as I initially thought, but about missing out on participation and the inevitable social/office dynamics around that?