Slack update removes red dots and offends people

It’s no exaggeration to say that modern office workers have a love-hate relationship with Slack.

Workplace chat apps dominate office communication and are critical in the post-pandemic world of remote work.

So there will probably be some ideas when the company itself makes some changes to the interface used by millions of workers.

Interestingly, Slack itself claims that the redesign response is pretty minimal.

Ali Reilly, Slack’s senior vice president of products, told Bloomberg:

But if you look at social media, you can see that the changes that started last Wednesday are having an impact.

That is, the transition from red to white notification points.

The reason Slack changed from red to white was to avoid overloading users. This is a great idea, but it also means you can miss out on direct messages. After all, red is red for a reason.

Fortunately, you can undo it (if necessary) using the configuration options in the application settings.

After entering the settings,[テーマ]Find the option,[色付きのバッジを表示する]To change

Of course, not everyone is against change. Some welcomed the removal of the red dots.

Ultimately, the company wants to create an “infinitely intelligent” system that can determine which messages are truly urgent and which are not, according to Reilly.

If this is possible, Slack users (Slackers?) will see a message for each value.

This is a powerful idea, but Reilly points out that it is very difficult to understand ethically and functionally correctly.

Meanwhile, other small changes start filtering out those methods.

For example, soon users will only see channels with unread messages in the sidebar. Others are still available, but their conspicuous absence virtually reduces the amount of “cognitive calories” used to navigate the interface.

On the other hand, if your relationship with Slack falls into the hate category rather than the love category, it may indicate that your workplace is digitally toxic.