Slack lacks role-based mention groups found in Discord
Slack users who migrate from Discord or manage large teams cannot mention a defined role group to notify all members with that role. Workarounds require @here or channel-wide pings that over-notify. A small but persistent friction point for community-style workspaces running on Slack.
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