Because every piece software, and social/collaboration software doubly so, affords and encourages certain ways in which it can be used.
>This being said - I never found myself distracted by either Slack or email. Or Skype. Or Telegram. Or twitter. etc. Despite using all of them.
Either that or you can't faithfully assess the level to which you've been distracted.
Well, yes, but no forses you to do so. There are people who can't get away from facebook page once they've opened it and there are people who use it just as an address book with photo's. Blaming software for not knowing where "dnd" button is - is kind of strange.
>Either that or you can't faithfully assess the level to which you've been distracted.
I don't spend more than half an hour a day viewing those or posting replyies. I'm pretty sure I do can assess the said level.
Well, such implicit nudges are much more effective for making most of people do something than someone actually forcing them to (against which they might have rebelled).
Depends on workflows at you office, the way you communicate etc. I don't have too much email coming at me and for Slack and other messaging - I just have a set of rules for me and people to follow. Have something urgent? Come to me and talk and give me a phone call. Not urgent? I'll give it a look and reply as soon as I have time for this. (short version of rules :) )
The problem for many people think that if they are online they should answer immediately, which is not true.
Well, such implicit nudges are much more effective for making most of people do something than someone actually forcing them to (against which they might have rebelled).
>I don't spend more than half an hour a day viewing those or posting replyies. I'm pretty sure I do can assess the said level.
OK, then the issue is with "using". Half an hour each day is not actually "using" those services. Just answering a work email could take 30 minutes for example.