What the last few weeks have been like for the CEO of Slack
I have said this before but the way Slack is used today is most of the time a net negative of the modern workplace.<p>And I will agree that it's mainly because people use it badly but Slack encourages to use it as a dopamine fix contributing to an ever lower attention span in the workspace.<p>An IM tool is needed in the modern workspace but it should be seen as the last resort. A synchronous answer should not be expected. Instead, Slack has been pushed as the replacement of email and is being used as the single place where all the discussions are going on in real-time, making it extremely difficult to work on a complex task without taking the risk of missing an important decision/discussion.<p>I find it amazing that this tool is used unquestionably by every small/medium company without ever wondering if it really provides a productivity benefit.