Why you shouldn’t use @here on Slack
The Rules (according to Graham)
- Don’t use
@here unless it is truly relevant to everyone in a channel
- Don’t use
@channel unless there is a fire or a nuclear explosion that everyone needs to be aware of now
- Use targeted Slack group mentions for getting a hold of stakeholders in a channel (i.e.
@support_ in the #support channel)
- Use Slack as an asynchronous medium, not a synchronous one (assume people will not respond immediately, rather than the opposite)
Link: Why you shouldn’t use @here on Slack
