The phrase "this could've been an email" exists for a reason. Resist the urge to use Slack/messengers as a meeting replacement - they're too ephemeral and easy

The phrase "this could've been an email" exists for a reason. Resist the urge to use Slack/messengers as a meeting replacement - they're too ephemeral and easy to lose. If something was worth a meeting, then it either stays as a meeting or switches to email. What are the rise in meetings a symptom of? Are people using meetings to replace walking to someone's desk, or are they using meetings as a measurement of control/participation? I've also found ~medium success with heads down/quiet hours, something like 10-12 and 3-5. Conversations/meetings/whatever have to happen outside of quiet hours because quiet hours are guaranteed productive time.