Star or favorite a channel

Star or favorite a channel in Slack — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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I want to mark #product-announcements as a favorite so I don’t miss the PM updates. Make it a…
I want to mark #product-announcements as a favorite so I don’t miss the PM updates. Make it a starred channel and keep it at the top of my list through the roadmap week.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I star this channel, make it easy to justify: show how many unread official posts came from…
Before I star this channel, make it easy to justify: show how many unread official posts came from product managers this month, highlight cross-posts I’ve missed, and warn if starring will clutter my top list so I don’t hide higher-priority alerts from oncall.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I missed a product decision last week buried in #general. If I star #product-announcements now,…

I keep losing PM posts among noise and missed a roadmap change

I missed a product decision last week buried in #general. If I star #product-announcements now, will that reliably keep newer PM posts surfaced and reduce the chance I miss a roadmap update? If starring could cause important oncall messages to be hidden, what should I do instead?

Become — change the pattern

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Across projects I keep losing important channel posts in a crowded sidebar — product, design,…

I habitually miss important channel posts because my list is crowded

Across projects I keep losing important channel posts in a crowded sidebar — product, design, operations all compete. What habit change will keep the handful of channels that matter visible without turning my sidebar into noise? Give a rule for which channels to star and a cadence to revisit the list.

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