I’d prefer a chat app which made it harder to create a group/channel.
I’ve been apart of organizations that use Slack and the proliferation of channels is insane because they are so easy to create.
I’ve been apart of organizations that use Slack and the proliferation of channels is insane because they are so easy to create.
For small-scale groups, Group DMs are fine, though, I would warn to try to use Group DMs only for when more than two participants should get an urgent ping on a message. (Users can "mute" group DMs so they don't get notified by them.)
Group DMs can also have usability problems, and they tend to clog up the UI of slack. I currently have 5 or 6 group DMs going that all have at least one of the same people in all of them, so now when I use the quick switcher I see all of those. Some of them even have 2 of the same people in them - it makes it really easy to select the wrong group.