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You don't like threads? I find them useful at times, that's part of what I like about Slack, it has enough potential for customization that you can bend it to y
by thehappypm 5y ago
You don't like threads? I find them useful at times, that's part of what I like about Slack, it has enough potential for customization that you can bend it to your culture. For example, you can use bots that suit your workflows, use threads or not use them, use emoji reactions or not use them, use private threads or small channels, or always large channels..
- nottorp 5y ago> You don't like threads? I would love them if it was actually noticeable when someone else creates a thread to which i'm supposed to contribute...
- thehappypm 5y agoAt my workplace, we tag people.
- nottorp 5y agoSo no voluntary contributions from people you didn't ask ;)
- thehappypm 5y agoNot exactly I mean people still see the thread root, just like if you didn’t use a thread it would see the message, So if the thread is interesting you look at it
- nottorp 5y agoI never see those. They get lost in the main channel noise. They should get pinned somewhere obvious to not get lost with the main chat scrolling.
- thehappypm 5y agoThen you may not be using threads properly — in a fully threaded channel there is no way to get lost, since there isn’t really much scrolling to do. You just need to be diligent that there can’t be lots of messages between threads.
- nottorp 5y agoWhat, have a "main thread" for stuff concerning everyone/whoever is able to contribute? No. It's over complicated. They need a better solution. Perhaps you only use Slack as a followup to meetings/todo items. We use it for all communication and the workflow is about opposite: someone raises an issue, someone or everyone discusses it, someone takes ownership and it turns into their TODO item.