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I dislike being interrupted randomly (so I don’t leave Slack running, even in do not disturb mode). I dislike how bloated it is, and I distrust it (as I do Zoom
by christophilus 5y ago
I dislike being interrupted randomly (so I don’t leave Slack running, even in do not disturb mode). I dislike how bloated it is, and I distrust it (as I do Zoom, so I only run it from the browser). I dislike that OSS projects choose it vs open alternatives. I rarely find what I’m looking for when searching.
- greenyoda 5y agoYeah, an interaction that could have easily been an asynchronous e-mail before is now an interruption (or multiple interruptions) in Slack. Unfortunately, my corporate culture is heavily Slack-oriented, so turning it off entirely isn't an option for me. I do configure my Slack channels to disable @here notifications, to avoid the people who abuse that feature. (Hey, let's interrupt 100 people with a question, not just the three who might know the answer we're looking for!) I also find it hard to search for saved messages in Slack. If someone said something in Slack that actually needs to be remembered for more than a day, I'll just copy it into an e-mail so it can be searched for, archived, forwarded, etc. If the message would have been an e-mail to begin with, it would have been less work. If a Slack message requires more than a couple of sentences as a reply, I always reply that I'll be replying by e-mail. So... not a big fan of Slack.