We're a sports company and everyone is usually involved with most of the discussions. I catch your point, but it's pretty easy to ignore if you are heads down coding. You can get someone's attention (for important stuff) but addressing them directly (@username).

> Which probably means that you have a coworker or two that's passively annoyed at you and/or actively ignores the channel.

I don't see how that's all that different from people having a discussion in a physical office. Someone might be annoyed people are chatting about sports, some might put headphones in so they don't hear.

Yeah, there are always squares and killjoys.