Re: This is complete crap
Indeed. I see in teams screen share sessions, the presenters teams icon and a number inside a red circle for unread messages. It becomes a less useful tool for communication and some people just ignore new messages these days (get a faster response sending them an email). I think partly this is due to the "social medialization" of being able to react to comments which of course unless you turn it off, generates another attempt to grab your attention.
Perhaps the setup of these apps should include options like
a) I am working / concentrating - Do Not Disturb by any means.
b) Normal - just update the unread count, no need for attention grabbing and I'll get to it later
c) I am in work shyster / want to be distracted mode - feel free to interrupt me at any time with flashing screens and blaring horns (or any other prompting that I have setup for this purpose)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
