slackspiral

/ˈslæk ˈspaɪrəl/nounVerified New

Also in: Slackspirale (Deutsch) · chatespiral (Español) · messagspirale (Français)

The twenty minutes spent scrolling through channels and threads instead of starting the task at hand.

The slackspiral begins with "one quick check" and descends through channels left years ago. Its endpoint is a message you type and delete, and the task unchanged. The spiral is procrastination with the office's own tools.

Etym. — Slack + spiral — the descent performed in the workplace's own app.

Rel. — vampirescroll

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