[don-code]

> Slack prioritises whoever is first to reply and no one wants to read a 50+ message thread to figure out if they have relevant input.

My personal belief is that Slack provides a perverse incentive to reply quickly, rather than thoughtfully. There's a time and place for quick communications, but the majority of discussions I have over Slack feel that they'd be better served by thoughtful requests with equally (if not more) thoughtful responses.

E-mail was great at this: the extra overhead (if it could be called that, but I digress) of writing an e-mail encouraged information density in that e-mail - I want to convey my point in the least number of round trips possible, and likewise, have my question answered in the least number of round trips possible. Slack does away with this; round trips so easy as to be common, and in fact we have sites like nohello.com showing that the trend towards round-trips isn't helpful.

[irrational]

It might incentivize it, but you don’t have to give in to the incentive. I turn off slack when I am heads down working. When I am using slack, I try to leave a few minutes in between my responses so the other person can add more if they wish as they are given more time to think. It also helps to train people to not expect an immediate response from me like they might get from text messaging.