I don't have ADHD, at least I don't think I do, but I find Slack and other asynchronous communications unworkable. If there's no other choice, I suppose you sho

I don't have ADHD, at least I don't think I do, but I find Slack and other asynchronous communications unworkable. If there's no other choice, I suppose you should follow some of the other's advice and simply block out a time mid-morning and mid-afternoon when you spend 30 minutes or less checking the threads and then closing it again. It's not you. Slack is simply wrong for this; people just don't know it yet. The most efficient way for a programming team to communicate is via an issue-tracking system (Jira, etc.). Open an issue per bug/feature, and all communication related to it is reflected there. In addition to asynchronous interrupts, Slack encourages people to respond too fast, without thinking. There's also a lot of "NONB" communications on it, which leads to political rants, insults, hurt feelings, and discontent. Companies should just stop it. Everything isn't a video game.