The reason this is happening more and more is because teams are bumping up against the limits of synchronous communication. Especially when teams get large, and

The reason this is happening more and more is because teams are bumping up against the limits of synchronous communication. Especially when teams get large, and everyone has an expectation of immediate response the whole thing falls apart. What's really needed is a communication platform that is geared towards asynchronous communication but integrated deeply with chat apps like Slack, Hipchat etc.