Can Slack-mania be cured with systemized discipline?

Re:Can Slack-mania be cured with systemized discipline? by ydant on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:35PM (#30381166)

And it's such a simple option to add, too - as far as I can tell, each message in a thread is just a message in the channel, just with a "threadId" attached to it. The client's the one that hides it and makes a mess of the experience.

But what it really needs is elevating threads to something like a temporary "sub-channel". Show them on the side-bar just like channels so you don't lose messsages CONSTANTLY if you're in more than 1 active thread at a time.

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Re:Can Slack-mania be cured with systemized discipline? by hackandtrip on Friday February 18, 2022 @10:31AM (#30386999)

I understand and agree on this, BUT I feel like we are not at the point where Slack could decide autonomously which threads deserve their own channel.

Usually, in our workspace, it's the person leading the discussion that at some points decide to redirect the talk somewhere else

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Re:Can Slack-mania be cured with systemized discipline? by ydant on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:17PM (#30388403)

I just dream of the day when Slack has "all threads with unread messages" show up in the side bar - somewhere. Let it be an option you can turn on/off, if need be. But right now I feel like I have to obsessively scroll down the threads list and look for things that are new.

Maybe it's a company size thing, as mentioned elsewhere in this discussion. At my size company (<10 people), every thread I'm watching - I pretty much need to see all of the new messages.

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