More Terrible Slack Setups

3 points by zeitgeistcowboy 5mo ago ↗ HN

I find Slack to be a necessary evil. I guess we have to use it, but it can also generate a lot of mental overhead tracking what was said in what channel. This got me thinking, what are alternative ways to organize Slack? What are the worst ways?

- No channels allowed, only direct messages

- No direct messages allowed, only channels

- Only channels which contain all the permutations of N people and are randomly named

- Only one channel, no DMs, everything happens in threads

- Everyone can create only one channel at a time

- No private channels

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dreadsword 5mo ago ↗

I would love some real feedback on "effective" slack setups. I'm perpetually drowning in it.

harrisonpage 5mo ago ↗

This is a good guide, it is based on how Slack organized their internal channels: https://slack.com/help/articles/217626408-Create-guidelines-...

zane97 4mo ago ↗

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