Worse than the work email spam at some of my previous jobs was the Slack spam - ...

lostlogin · 2025-10-05T18:23:59 1759688639

> Worse than the work email spam at some of my previous jobs was the Slack spam

It’s annoying if not muted and you need to work. Why not do that?

A workplace with no chat and zero talk would be pretty grim.

theshrike79 · 2025-10-06T09:53:14 1759744394

If the company Slack doesn't have a #memes channel, I don't want to work there.

hnlmorg · 2025-10-05T13:30:09 1759671009

There's nothing wrong with social chat on Slack. It just needs to be either in a thread or, better yet, in a dedicated social channel.

Saying people shouldn't have social chat on Slack is like people shouldn't have social chat in the office kitchen because it's part of the same office complex.

nkrisc · 2025-10-05T16:56:28 1759683388

And if they did that, I’d have nothing to complain about. That’s never been my experience though with Slack at work.

hnlmorg · 2025-10-05T17:06:40 1759684000

That’s unfortunate but it’s not a universal trend.

The problem here isn’t Slack, it’s poor Slack etiquette. However you can change etiquette at a company level.

tayo42 · 2025-10-06T06:24:33 1759731873

@here I need an update on a ticket

@here were doing some it maintenance over the weekend in the middle of the night on a system no one uses