That's one of the ways Slack is more chatroom-like. Good point. Email would be a bit clunkier as someone from the email thread would have to forward it to you

That's one of the ways Slack is more chatroom-like. Good point. Email would be a bit clunkier as someone from the email thread would have to forward it to you or reply all with you in it. It's an alternative, but not as slick as Slack.