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Show HN: Slack app to schedule messages so you don’t harass people this week (messagethemlater.com)
16 points by memecatcher 2005 days ago
4 comments

So glad that someone found a solution to these Slack faux pas!

Really goes in line with this recent Wired article: https://www-wired-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wired.com/s...

Basically, we need methods to help us maintain our focus and attention while still having an real-time (but non-intrusive) method to communicate important tasks, questions, and details. This app is a great step in the right direction.

BTW i love writing slacks at like 4am when i can't sleep but i def don't want people to know that i am kinda crazy so i schedule them to send later ...thanks for making...cool to see you on Show HN...i think i was one of the early users!
When the scheduled message goes through, does that change your slack status to "active"? I wonder if people would think it was weird to see me looking like I was sending messages while offline.
You are not marked as active. So if you're pretending to be working while you're not, you may get caught. ;) Or it might be scary for people receiving ghost messages...

Great point, we'll have to look into changing this!

Hah well good to know ;-)

Maybe it’s for the best, I suppose that if I looked like I was online when I wasn't, then someone might be annoyed that I wasn’t responding to them!

i love not being an asshole ... so this works great for me since i am not an asshole