problem with any messaging system is people abuse it / don't respect other peoples time, and software can't control for that. people have to own up. an exampl

problem with any messaging system is people abuse it / don't respect other peoples time, and software can't control for that. people have to own up. an example not necessarily tied to work directly: there was a slack channel at work that was dedicated to free food. if you brought in food, or someone or a vendor was giving out food, you told the channel what food / when / where + an optional picture. Problem was, some people would just chat - about their vacations, dogs, etc and I would have to ask them to take it to another channel or talk direct message, because they would bury actual food announcements and cause all sorts of notifications. instead of realizing their folly, they would fight back and say you can always mute the channel, which totally negates the reason for being in the channel. You also see alert crepe. someone has an idea of sending service information to a channel, and before you know it you have 25 channels dominated by computer talk.