✍ Getting Started with Slack
Navigate to https://allenai.slack.com/
Click Sign in with Okta
Slack should auto log in
Click AI2 at top left, then at the bottom of the menu click “Open the Slack App”
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🤫 Recommendations to minimize notification overload
Limit the channels you are in.
Mute the channels you don’t need to follow.
Explicitly @mention people when you need a response so they’re notified even if they mute the channel (otherwise muting channels ends up being ineffective).
Disable notifications and instead batch follow ups.
From your desktop, click your profile picture in the top right.
Select Preferences from the menu to open your notification preferences.
Under Notify me about, choose nothing
To use different triggers for your mobile notifications, check the box next to Use different settings for my mobile devices, then select your preference from the drop-down menu.
Disable all sounds if desired
Customize your sidebar to only show relevant conversations
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Use Threads in a channel chat when you need to have a longer back-and-forth about a particular topic to spare the rest of the channel a bunch of notifications. The Threads feature starts a side conversation that the rest of the channel can read if they want but it takes it out of the main flow. If other participants in the thread have not muted thread notifications, they will also be notified of a reply even if the channel itself has been muted.
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🤝 Slack Etiquette
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Be conscious about what notifications you send. Some of your colleagues are unable to limit notifications for business purposes. |
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