Tell Slack to Block Abuse
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Unsolicited, harmful messages landing on your screen that you have no way of preventing or stopping? It's unacceptable. According to recent studies, since the pandemic has made virtual work more prevalent, remote workers – in particular people with marginalized identities – are experiencing increased harassment and hostility online. Nobody should be forced to use a tool that leaves them open to abuse and harassment, but tens of millions of people use chat tool Slack every day – and Slack has no way to block abusive messages. Tell Slack: Add a block feature to empower people to stop abusive messages from reaching them. https://mzl.la/blockabuse
  • @blank_sl8
    5•2 years ago

    Use an open source alternative and you’d be able to implement this feature yourself or open a small bounty to get someone else to do it for you.

    In Slack’s eyes this is unnecessary. In a workplace, if somebody is verbally abusing you, blocking them won’t solve the problem; they’re still your coworker. This is something for HR to handle and cannot be solved with lines of code.