I have noticed this too.  I find it distracting and often low signal to noise discussion.<p>I keep Slack on Do Not Disturb mode anytime I&#x27;m writing code.  If someone really <i>needs</i> to reach me in realtime, they can @ me to trigger the icon badge.  Our Slack team has hundreds of messages a day, but of those maybe 2-3 require my immediate attention.