Who is this post for?

• your slack group is big, with a lot of busy channels
• you don’t react for most of the messages that aren’t direct or are with @here or @channel.
• you read too many messages which is counterproductive

Too many notifications will make you unresponsive for what has actual value.

Solution

Slack got 4-ish priority levels you may set for the channel:

1. starred - for your obligations and stuff you love to read about
2. normal - for stuff not very disturbing (slow source or quite important)
3. muted - for stuff that aren’t your obligations but sometimes you need it or it is nice to grasp what is on-topic once a week/month
4. not listed - for staff not worth even to see the name of it

By using them completly you will have a clean dashboard where if something happens you won’t miss it and you won’t be distracted by unwanted productivity little killers.

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