Slack Tip #1: Dealing With Workspace Trolls

Two tools for handling jackasses, knuckleheads, nimrods, dolts, and idiots.

May 12, 2020 1-min read

Normally, people behave in a professional manner while using Slack and other collaboration tool.

The operative word in the last sentence is normally.

Sometimes individual behave like jackasses.

Fortunately, Slack provides a number of useful tools for handling idiots.

In this quick video I show you a few options for dealing with knuckleheads and blowhards: muting and exiling them from your workspace altogether.

Slack on.

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