Slack Lacks Granular Notification Filtering and Time Format Control
A Slack user finds the UI messy and cannot configure notifications to surface only important items, and is stuck with a 12-hour time display format with no way to change it. The feedback points to gaps in personalization controls for notification relevance and locale/time settings.
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