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Right-click the Send button to schedule messages.

Turn off gif auto-loading.

Use @Everyone to notify everyone in a chat (versus channels).

Create a new chat to yourself as a pastebin.

Some bots can be @-mentioned personally, so you can try subcommands (like help docs) without pinging everyone in the channel.

When creating bullet lists, Shift-Enter can add to the current bullet. Nifty to paste a link, S-Enter, then include an explanation. Press Enter to start the next item.

Press ```<Space> to start a code snippet.

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We are a Cisco Webex Teams company and apparently this software doesn't allow you to message yourself to do a personal pastebin. This would have been a gamechanger for me. This is a great idea though, thanks for that idea.

Not sure why this wouldn't work for you. I just tried this by creating a new chat and added my name in the to: field and was able to create a chat with just me in it. Worked also on teams mobile client. Thanks to GP , this is a great tip. I'm going to do this when I need to share bits of info between mobile and work issued machine.

Not my experience, I just Teams messaged myself to verify and it came right through.

Thank you for the pointers! On your third bullet, when you say "versus channels" are you also saying "don't use channels at all" or are you saying "when using chats, use @everyone but don't do that in channels"?

I never use channels because of the context switch. Just big, adhoc group chats.

I’m a member of about 300 teams, have literally never looked at them.

It used to be easier to sort Teams, but that's admittedly too many without hyperscroll.

Group chats are quick to make, refresh to the top, and naturally expire. It's nice that chats can be renamed to focus on a topic.

In channels, you can only @-mention individuals or the channel name. I believe @Everyone is only available in chats.

You'll have to use channels. Channels enable connectors like webhooks*, and it's the only way to speak to folks outside being invited to chats.

* Webhooks will be deprecated in a few months in favor of Power Automate.

No one in right mind uses channels. Last time I checked, you can't pop out channels. While you can pop out chats.

Yes, it's still the case that only chats can be popped out and not channels.

I guess channels and chats differ by exclusivity and recency. Chats auto-sort by latest and are invite-only; a Team can be a "public square" for petitions or callouts.

There are use-cases for private Teams if additional features beyond chat are needed.

Channels require scrolling, so it's usually easier to ping someone instead. Channels as webhook sinks incentivize regular checking, but only if the user is actively seeking.

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