[pcmoney]

Slack is for synchronous shallow short form communication.

It is great for communicating around an event. Getting quick in-flow queries answered. Asking what people want to do for lunch.

It is not for substantial nuanced in depth communication. When used this way it quickly becomes a conveyor belt of distracting trash.

It is also not a knowledge repository or source of truth. Slack overflow is not a good practice.

Pro tip: have slack history clear after 60 days.

Better alternatives: - Shared Google Doc with comments for analyzing an issue - Meetings with a pre-read period and memo and clear purpose/outcome for the meeting - Pair programming - Live code review

TL;DR Dont use slack.