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Slack is great for the masses to get someone's attention. Not much else. I'm betting most of those requests start with: "Hey, I have a problem, can someone hel
by jrootabega 5y ago
Slack is great for the masses to get someone's attention. Not much else. I'm betting most of those requests start with:
"Hey, I have a problem, can someone help?"
No actual information follows, just minutes idle, waiting for someone to respond.
Slack is like a bird's nest. Baby birds chirp loudly, open up their mouths, and hope you'll regurgitate some worms into them.
- black_13 5y agoAnd a cuckoo bird managers who said „i implemented slack on this project“ then threw out those little birds you mentioned and put his little bird in
- jrootabega 5y agoI have often thought of cuckoo bird analogies in this context.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoFor me it starts with: "Hello."
- jrootabega 5y agoI wish it wasn't suicidal to point people to nohello.net in professional contexts.
- wx196 5y agoIn cases like this I reply "Hi" in 10 minutes and close, so people see it would be easier to start with actual thing instead.