Productivity · Collaboration & MessagingsituationalSlackNotification OverloadDisruptionMessaging

Slack notification volume feels overwhelming and disruptive

User reports Slack can feel very overwhelming and disruptive at times. Brief complaint validating the known notification overload problem in team messaging tools.

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