Zulip (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zulip.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zulip.org&#x2F;</a>), a recently open-sourced Slack alternative, has a clever solution for this. They have a light-weight threading model which ensure that discussions stay within context. That way, you can just ignore discussions about topics you&#x27;re not concerned with without missing anything else. It&#x27;s great.<p>&gt; Sometimes, important things get discussed when you’re not around. Unfortunately, so do a lot of unimportant things.<p>&gt; Zulip makes it easy to review the conversations you missed, so you can focus on that important project without having to catch up on how Jim’s guitar lessons are going.<p>Someone on HN described it very well:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10281065" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10281065</a>