> The way we use slack is start a top level topic and group all related discussion in a thread. Same at my company: Top level comments initiate a thread, and a

> The way we use slack is start a top level topic and group all related discussion in a thread. Same at my company: Top level comments initiate a thread, and all responses must be made as comments within the thread. If I had my way, I'd take it a step further and require that Slack be treated like a message board, not a chatroom. If you have something to say, then say it all at once in one cohesive paragraph or set of paragraphs -- just as we do here. I do not want to be pinged multiple times in rapid succession while someone sends every thought they have in a stream-of-consciousness fashion, e.g.: >> hi >> can you help me with a problem? >> i need to do x with y but i'm not sure about how to handle z >> oh wait >> nvm >> figured it out Awful.