Prioritize Slack channels

Who is this post for?

• Your Slack workspace is big, with a lot of busy channels.
• Most messages don’t need your reaction - only direct messages and @here or @channel mentions do.
• You read too many messages, which is counterproductive.

Too many notifications make you blind to what really matters.

Solution

Slack gives you roughly four priority levels for a channel:

1. Starred - your obligations and the topics you love to read about.
2. Normal - things that don’t disturb much (a slow channel, or quite an important one).
3. Muted - not your obligations, but useful now and then, or nice to skim once a week or a month.
4. Not joined - channels not even worth seeing the name of.

Use all four and your sidebar stays clean: you won’t miss anything important, and small productivity killers won’t distract you.

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