[starttoaster]

I think everyone knows and silently understands that the people responding/emoji-ing in those channels all day every day are doing so at the cost of work output, and that there are a lot of people working that aren't typing away about the last audiobook they listened to. I think you've created a stressful situation out of something that isn't inherently stressing.

[kaffekaka]

What is "inherently stressing"? Is it not enough that some people feel stressed by something for it to actually be stressing?

I know that also for me these rambling channels would add to my stress.

[9dev]

Generating business value is not your only responsibility, though. Most companies expect you to be a team player, to stay in touch, to communicate across departments, and so on.

So depending on your work environment, communicating and responding quickly may be implicitly expected and not conforming may lead to stagnation in your career.