This is also a great way to avoid people. Even without admin access, pick a coworker to victimize, copy their photo and name into your own bio, and voila, you’ve made a mess. I’m not trying to insult you, I’m trying to make you self-aware.Īnyway, in combination with the above, you can make quite a confusing situation. You probably already knew you could change your own photo, especially if you followed step #1. Which brings us to our second step… #2: Change your photo There’s an urban legend that a former TNW employee with admin access changed every single person’s handle and photo to that of the CEO. You have the power to change everyone’s Slack handles, not only your own. **Bonus** Do you have admin access? You lucky bastard. You can also take it even further and make the legal change, confusing not only your colleagues, but your friends and family, too. The fun ended when I got reprimanded after messaging an external sales partner.
But it’s funny and offensive to sensitive people, which is the main point.Īfter I changed mine, my coworker changed his to fuck you.” We had a great time tagging ourselves in a public channel, going back and forth for hours, rendering said channel completely unusable. A little while back, I changed my Slack handle to you.” OK, I guess it’s not really that coded. You go to the upper left hand corner where it says your workplace and name, expand the box, and select “Profile & account.” Click “Edit Profile,” and you can edit your display name from here.īut why on earth would we want to do this, you may ask?įor example, you can use this method to send coded messages. We in TNW’s editorial team change our own Slack handles as quickly and freely as the wind changes. Not many people know this, but an incredibly easy annoyance hack is to change your display name. I would highly suggest convincing whoever is in charge that you should be an admin before trying any of them out. **Disclaimer**: Many of these are more powerful with admin access. We’ve put together the 10 best ways to torment your coworkers over Slack. But there’s also a wrong way - and it’s really fun. There’s undoubtedly a correct way to use Slack as it was intended.
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