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		bbutterworth on May 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forev... for me slack is an async function. its on silent, the entire time. And my time slices are large (2±1 hours)

dkdk8283 on May 13, 2020 [–]

I try to do this too but Slack updates the favicon when in do not disturb. It’s like catnip, plenty of dark patterns

ultrafez on May 13, 2020 | [–]

There's an option in the Preferences to "Show a badge on Slack's icon to indicate new activity" which, when unchecked, may stop the behaviour you're describing.

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