Slack at Float is like a message board in the traditional office kitchen. You walk past it a couple of times a day, but you don't camp out there.

Project planning? Brainstorming? Documenting? There are better tools for that.

A message with two minutes of reading time to an all-hands channel eats up over an hour of our collective time. Being considerate in how we use Slack directly relates to our ability to uphold our value of respecting one another’s time and each being able to plan and control our own work days.

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Reducing Slack noise ≠ ****sending less Slack messages. Reducing Slack noise = being intentional with how we use Slack.

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<aside> 🪂 The best way to get to know Slack is to jump right in and engage with your team!

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💡Tips for getting started💡

We like you to:

• Use Emojis. An emoji is powerful. Save your time typing, save others time reading.
• Prefix messages. Our favorites are: optional reading, respond by, action required
• Thread. Replying to a message? Reply in thread. Sending a long message? Thread it.
• Use channels. Avoid DMs where possible. If you have a question, chances are someone else is going to have the same question. This is crucial to avoid communication silos.
• Slack Huddles are a quick way to jump on a video or audio call with your team or for a 1:1.
• We don’t view Slack notifications as urgent unless stated, so a message sent in Slack should be responded to within 24 hours, but we always aim to respond sooner.
• Choose your audience carefully. There’s a fine line between being transparent and spamming folks. Avoid group DMs, if the message can’t go into an existing channel consider creating one (this makes it much easier to track down what happened later) more on channels below 👇

Two ways Chris reduces noise in Slack (48 people see this message)