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>you need to be online all the time, and you need to answer / participate / chat instantly

No, you don't.



They do and they make sure of it by not having any way to stop notifications.


When you open preferences, Notifications is the top pane. Literally the top notification option is "Notify me about..." and an option is Nothing. In what sense can't you stop notifications?


Well, must be new since last year.


It's not. Here's a still relevant medium post from 2014 about setting things up: https://medium.com/@shawnzvinis/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-s... .

It's fair to be frustrated by defaults or how your org uses Slack (or any other tool), but these discussions often cross the line to FUD by exaggerating annoyances.


Can you envision that it didn't work as intended and that it was missing on mobile? Thank you.


Has always been there.


Having it closed and only replying when I get a notification email for unread messages works quite well for me (if you know how to limit your email checking). Same as donkeyd's comment I've communicated this to my clients and they've adjusted and it's a non-problem.


Seems like they let you turn off all notifications:

https://imgur.com/a/nLePu

I'm fairly sure you can set do-not-disturb times as well.


I only use Slack's web client and I explicitly don't give it the ability to raise desk-top notifications.


incorrect!

/dnd, per-channel notif muting, and "away" status combine for reasonably fine-grained control




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