LEVELS – A Whole New Level #49 - Solving synchronicity with asynchronous communication (Sam Corcos, Andrew Conner & Scott Klein)
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Dec 3, 2021 AI Snips
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Instant Messaging Slips Toward Synchronous Anxiety
- Instant messaging tends to become synchronous by default and creates anxiety when people miss fast-moving conversations.
- Sam Corcos described engineers missing decision cycles while deep working because conversations proceeded without them, causing push-notification overload and slack wackamole behavior.
Threads And Notion Solve Most Communication Needs
- Threads plus Notion solved roughly 90% of Levels' communication problems by separating threaded discussion from long-form docs.
- Scott Klein and others found Threads handled back-and-forth while Notion captured long-form thought, reducing email-like fast threads.
Use Onboarding Defaults To Deprogram Slack Habits
- Set defaults and onboarding constraints to deprogram fast-response habits (libertarian paternalism).
- Scott Klein suggested delaying or gating Slack access during initial weeks and forcing notification defaults off so new hires learn Threads and Notion first.