feature requestProductivity · Collaboration & MessagingsituationalUX

Slack ad-hoc small-group DMs awkward versus project channels

A Slack user dislikes creating one-off groups for tiny conversations and wants a clearer path to project-team channels. Vendor UX feedback.

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