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Slack Workflow Builder

52 points by bauerpl 7y ago

matchbok 7y ago
I think the devs at Slack have run out of things to do. "Hey Jim, instead of a single email inbox with threaded travel requests, we are gonna throw them all in a single chat room with no organization or queuing system. Be sure to check it every 10 minutes, or you'll miss the ones that get pushed off the screen! It's designed exactly like a chat room, but it doesn't need any chat functionality at all (and actually operates nothing like it). Good luck!"
- robbyt 7y ago
  Or Slack's customers are misusing the tool because they lack more appropriate software.
- runlevel1 7y ago
  I get the impression they're going to get more into collaboration tools. Better document/file sharing, some light project management features, etc. I'd settle for being able to manually sort my channels.
  - jedieaston 7y ago
    I use Slack sparingly (mostly on Microsoft Teams and Discord), but does Slack have a equivalent to Discord's Ctrl+K or Teams' command bar to search for a channel/user? That's mostly how I started getting around in those applications.
    - ubertaco 7y ago
      On macOS it's Cmd-J or Cmd-K, so I know it does exist, just not sure of the shortcut key on your platform.
- glaive123 7y ago
  You're right, except there's one big difference with email: spam. Slack is like a prioritized (only with co-workers or interest groups), white-listed version of email.
1123581321 7y ago
This looks potentially pretty useful. A couple things keep me from trying to manage issues in Slack (like the travel example): threads don’t have a filterable status or a way to mark them resolved, and a channel can’t be ordered as most recently updated. What workarounds are popular to address these limitations?
- schnevets 7y ago
  What if you set up 2 channels - #request-active (where task threads are submitted) and #request-closed (where task threads are archived and no other posts are allowed). When the work is completed, the fulfiller inserts a reaction. X hours later, that work is moved from #request-active to #request-closed through an automated bot.
  - jaredchung 7y ago
    That's how we do moderation: https://github.com/CareerVillage/slack-moderation https://github.com/CareerVillage/slack-moderation

52 points by bauerpl 7y ago

I think the devs at Slack have run out of things to do. "Hey Jim, instead of a single email inbox with threaded travel requests, we are gonna throw them all in a single chat room with no organization or queuing system. Be sure to check it every 10 minutes, or you'll miss the ones that get pushed off the screen! It's designed exactly like a chat room, but it doesn't need any chat functionality at all (and actually operates nothing like it). Good luck!"

robbyt 7y ago
Or Slack's customers are misusing the tool because they lack more appropriate software.
runlevel1 7y ago
I get the impression they're going to get more into collaboration tools. Better document/file sharing, some light project management features, etc. I'd settle for being able to manually sort my channels.
- jedieaston 7y ago
  I use Slack sparingly (mostly on Microsoft Teams and Discord), but does Slack have a equivalent to Discord's Ctrl+K or Teams' command bar to search for a channel/user? That's mostly how I started getting around in those applications.
  - ubertaco 7y ago
    On macOS it's Cmd-J or Cmd-K, so I know it does exist, just not sure of the shortcut key on your platform.
glaive123 7y ago
You're right, except there's one big difference with email: spam. Slack is like a prioritized (only with co-workers or interest groups), white-listed version of email.

1123581321 7y ago

This looks potentially pretty useful. A couple things keep me from trying to manage issues in Slack (like the travel example): threads don’t have a filterable status or a way to mark them resolved, and a channel can’t be ordered as most recently updated. What workarounds are popular to address these limitations?

schnevets 7y ago
What if you set up 2 channels - #request-active (where task threads are submitted) and #request-closed (where task threads are archived and no other posts are allowed). When the work is completed, the fulfiller inserts a reaction. X hours later, that work is moved from #request-active to #request-closed through an automated bot.
- jaredchung 7y ago
  That's how we do moderation: https://github.com/CareerVillage/slack-moderation https://github.com/CareerVillage/slack-moderation