It doesn’t belong in Slack if you have more than two sentences to write. If that is not a rule, it should be. Slack is impossible to search and won’t help you prioritize your work. Slack is not a Work prioritization tool; it is a “Hey, want coffee?” kind of tool. Email is still best if you have something to say and it’s longer than a Coffee question.

Learning: Managing interruptions is one thing – that is on the receiver’s side, but long messages are on the writer’s side. So, if you want to write a long message, use your email. Searching for messages in Slack still has a long way to go.

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What Slack rules would you implement if you could? We’d love to hear from you.