I hate to make marketing based on the virus situation, but people keep asking me about async/remote work tips and most of the questions are answered in our (@arkency) "Async Remote" ebook.
1. someone writes a channel message (M) 2. I read it, interesting, but not much to add from me, yet 3. I go to focus on my task, turn off slack 4. other people add new messages to that channel, less related 5. the original message M is now one screen/scroll behind
6. someone comments on M by replying in a thread 7. they forget to check the "send to channel" (because it's not on by default and it's easy to forget) 8. original author replies to thread (again not to channel) 9. they keep exchanging interesting points