Team Chat Notification Controls Force a Tradeoff Between Noise and Missed Alerts
Users report spending significant time trying to configure team chat notifications to surface what matters without being overwhelmed, but find there is no reliable middle ground between too many and too few alerts. This reflects a structural gap in adaptive notification filtering for collaboration tools.
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