And that's a big part of the downside of Slack overuse from my perspective.
Sometimes a real-time conversation is exactly the right thing, but when someone takes the time to be thoughtful and detailed, either everyone else has to pause and wait for them or the conversation will have moved on by the time they finish.
Plus their thoughts may feel like a wall of text because they won't have time to edit down to the brevity that Slack culture encourages, or a quick edit may lead to important accidental semantic errors.
Real-time text chat systems like Slack are great for transient and/or informal conversation, but the rushed pace hinders some types of communication. Slack or a competitor should complement but not replace the other tools.
jkaplowitz|6 years ago
Sometimes a real-time conversation is exactly the right thing, but when someone takes the time to be thoughtful and detailed, either everyone else has to pause and wait for them or the conversation will have moved on by the time they finish.
Plus their thoughts may feel like a wall of text because they won't have time to edit down to the brevity that Slack culture encourages, or a quick edit may lead to important accidental semantic errors.
Real-time text chat systems like Slack are great for transient and/or informal conversation, but the rushed pace hinders some types of communication. Slack or a competitor should complement but not replace the other tools.