I haven&#x27;t really used Slack, but I had an immediate, negative, and surprisingly-visceral reaction when I saw one of their animal-ads on Youtube... Can you spot the moment it all goes <i>horribly horribly wrong</i>?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=x6sSa5NpqUI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=x6sSa5NpqUI</a><p>The lion-manager is gazing out a window, has a passing thought about &quot;flying umbrellas&quot;. Naturally, he instantly sends a mass-broadcast, interrupting and disrupting the work of the <i>entire</i> office. (Who all, of course, <i>leap joyously</i> to implement his brilliant vision.)<p>Now, this makes a lot of sense if you want to <i>sell copies of Slack</i>, since it appeals to the managers with the power to approve-purchases and mandate-adoption... But it implies Slack is going to either become the latest tool-of-oppression at a dysfunctional company, or that managers are going to buy Slack with the idea that they can use it to micromanage everybody.<p>Further on, as the Slack team adds features, guess what kinds of features are going to get priority? The ones that sell. Which ones are those? The ones that lion-managers love and other-employees hate.