[debaserab2]

I'd say slack/hipchat has become the repository of alerts/notifications/etc that I would normally receive through e-mail. A lot of times these notifications aren't super mission critical and don't require immediate attention, but it's nice to have the history of them so I can investigate when necessary.

Having this outside of e-mail keeps my e-mail inbox less cluttered. That's my reason anyways.

[shostack]

Same, except the only issue (similar to email) is that when I initially check something, the little alert thing disappears. So it can easily fall off my radar if I get distracted. Hence my need to keep my Trello todo list current.