Slack Shaming

The digital walk of shame that occurs when a well-intentioned Slack message lands in the wrong channel, triggering a swarm of passive-aggressive emojis, thread derailments, and a 10-minute debate about “channel etiquette.” Often followed by a link to the workspace guidelines you definitely didn’t read. (see Post Traumatic Slack Disorder)

“Dude, I just asked where the bathroom was and now the #devops team is roasting me. Total Slack shaming.

by Jellogod May 7, 2025

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slack-umentation

Aloof ephemeral documentation or note taking using slack.

Bill was thinking about a new project idea while on the move. He quickly opened his mobile Slack app and sent the idea to his team. Later, in an email, Bill asked his team whether or not they had viewed his slack-umentation.

by 2mas2 May 20, 2018

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Slack Separation Anxiety

The anxious feeling you get when you should be working and online but are in fact not actively working, namely that someone might be trying to reach you via Slack and you will be unable to respond to them or provide what they need in that moment. Which, of course, will immediately get you fired.

Common symptoms: Ghost phone vibration, thinking you heard a slack ping, etc

I have Slack Separation Anxiety so I don't stray too far from my laptop during the day.

by Corporate Millennial June 14, 2023

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slack fatigue

When you are mentally and/or physically drained from sending, threading, and replying to large amounts of slack messages through out the day.

This day was full of slack fatigue and I am just ready for a drink.

by guavajuice0923 September 27, 2022

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Slack Factor

The ratio of the number of employees in a firm, to the number of Slack channels used by the firm. The higher the Slack Factor, the higher the number of Slack channels per employee, and the lower the possibility of finding that one message you know you just read a minute ago that you needed to respond to.

I just saw a question from Larry, but our Slack Factor is so high, I don't even remember what channel it was in any more. I guess he's not getting an answer.

by Neuticle September 30, 2021

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