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Slack Help Center: Notify a channel or workspace
Documents @everyone, @channel, and @here audience mentions, paused-notification and thread limits, confirmation warnings for larger channels, admin restrictions, guest limits, and guidance to use broad mentions sparingly.
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| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentions | Choose mentions when the interaction begins in prose or rich text and the user needs an inline reference that targets a recipient or audience. | Typing @ opens a suggestion list scoped to the current workspace, channel, object, permission boundary, and caret location. | Slack documents broad audience mentions, paused-notification and thread limits, confirmation warnings, admin restrictions, guest limits, and sparing-use guidance. |
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- Mentions vs comments vs threaded discussion vs notification center
Slack documents broad audience mentions, paused-notification and thread limits, confirmation warnings, admin restrictions, guest limits, and sparing-use guidance.
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