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Well, yes, it was ultimately stupid for the group to use Slack in this way. And yet, Slack invites it. It's a bit like cocaine. There are certainly good uses
by downerending 6y ago
Well, yes, it was ultimately stupid for the group to use Slack in this way. And yet, Slack invites it. It's a bit like cocaine. There are certainly good uses, and still it's easy to slip into bad uses.
As for the @mention, in my current job, some stupid twat kept doing that in a broad group, and unfortunately our current tool (Teams) doesn't provide an easy way to shut them up. So, fuck that, I removed myself from the (otherwise useful) channel entirely. Fail.
Chat is great for useless nonsense. Anything else requires discipline, which rarely exists (the military excepting, perhaps).
- gizzlon 6y agoMaybe people are too polite? Or not strict enough enforcing rules and guidelines? Who would tolerate an employee standing in the middle of the open office screaming at the top of their lungs for attention? :) Of course, we all make mistakes from time to time. Guess the real problem is a lack of learning from them.
- JohnBooty 6y agoI guess this is subjective, but I've never found Slack (or IRC, or Discord, Hipchat, etc) to somehow encourage @mention overuse/abuse. I just don't see it. Perhaps more to the point, I can't really fathom a communication medium that somehow wouldn't allow an overzealous or inconsiderate person to become a distraction. Unless that system made communication super onerous in the first place. Perhaps somebody could write a Slack plugin that limits a person to a certain number of @mentions per week, with the option to "purchase" more by contributing money to the company party fund or something :-)