Slack Sends Excessive Irrelevant Notifications for Events and Channels
Slack notifies users about calendar events three times each and surfaces alerts from channels irrelevant to their work. The notification defaults are optimized for engagement rather than productivity. Enterprise users have no effective way to reduce noise without individually muting every channel and integration.
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