Ask HN: How do you keep your channels and messages organized in Slack?

2 pointskadomony1 comment

I feel like I'm drowning daily in the number of channels that I am added to either because of my job function/role in an org or the project being in-flight. How do you keep things clean? The constant bold channels is driving my insane.

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You can create sidebar sections (https://slack.com/help/articles/360043207674-Organize-your-s...) and put all the un-important channels in there for manual review. Deactivate notifications for most channels and only keep them on for the super-important ones. Just ignore the less important ones that are hidden in the sections.

If you get pinged with urgent things all day long that actually do demand your individual attention, then that's a workflow/cultural issue that Slack settings can't help with... maybe block out DND/focus time on your calendar?

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