Slack sucks so, so fucking much.

Go away for one day and people leave you a random spam of messages in two dozen different channels where it’s impossible to find anything, or to sort it, or to keep track of it for later.

People who think this spew is more productive or better are deluding themselves, I think. Like a lot of modern things, Slack gives you the illusion of more productivity because it produces a lot of noise and activity resulting in very little at all. It’s a sham, a farce, and for most people a social playground.

And no matter how diligently I check Slack, I invariably miss 1-2 really important messages a week.

It’s just a terrible fucking abomination of a tool.