Even if two people nominally collaborate on a task, there’s often a third person who has a take or some other resource that would be very useful to them. By having public channels, you enable that person to appear and share that info.
“Appear” here makes it sound like they’re showing up unasked, is that what you meant? I’m a bit surprised if so, I wouldn’t normally expect people to be reading 1-1 conversations they’re not in unless specifically prompted.
Or do you just mean that it’s easier for one of the two to ask them and they can read the backlog for context? (Or I guess, additional context—I’d expect that most of the time, it would be helpful for the person asking to give a few details up front to help orient.)
“Appear” here makes it sound like they’re showing up unasked, is that what you meant? I’m a bit surprised if so, I wouldn’t normally expect people to be reading 1-1 conversations they’re not in unless specifically prompted.
Or do you just mean that it’s easier for one of the two to ask them and they can read the backlog for context? (Or I guess, additional context—I’d expect that most of the time, it would be helpful for the person asking to give a few details up front to help orient.)
Most recent example I found scrolling up the channel #oli-ben:
Yes, show up uninvited. That happens a lot in our slack. Our team is small enough that most people read most channels.