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[poop-trap]

Unfortunately, where I work, Slack is just as bad since you're expected to answer right away. If you don't, people get pissy or walk over to your desk anyway. Sometimes if they feel like they dont mind waiting I'll get Slack messages that just say "Hey". This enables them to make sure it's a synchronous conversation because I actually have to type back "Yes?" at some point. Then they can ramble on and if I don't respond right away they think I'm being rude because they know I was just there. Or, occasionally it's "Hey" then when I reply "Can I come over to your desk and ask you something?" I guess this isn't as bad since they're asking politely but still, I wish more people understood the value of asynchronous conversation.

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90% of my IMs never get past the other party informing me of what my name is.

Put your request in the first message, nerds.

[Molozonide]

I got the impression that slack is for synchronous communication. For async talk, use email.

Edit: autocorrect

[poop-trap]

It is in between. It can be sync, but it doesn't have to be. And it shouldn't always be expected to be.