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Notification controls

Current notification controls facts for Slash Social.

Notification controls let each teammate tune which Slack alerts they receive. Admins, creators, and approvers can adjust preferences from the Settings work center so approvals, failures, digests, and inbox events match how the team works.

What it includes

Notification controls live in the Settings work center. The feature is in beta and available on the Team and Scale plans (not on Free or Starter).

Each user manages their own notification preferences. Supported adjustments include:

ControlEffect
Enable / disableTurn routine alert types on or off per user
DigestBatch non-critical alerts into digest delivery instead of immediate messages
Quiet hoursDelay non-critical alerts outside your chosen window
SnoozePause routine alerts until the snooze window ends

Critical alert types bypass user preference suppression. These include publishing failures, approval requests, billing notices, security alerts, system errors, and admin workflow blockers. Slack workspace permissions, routing misconfiguration, or delivery outages can still prevent a message from arriving.

How to use it

  1. Type /social and open Settings.
  2. Open Notifications or Notification preferences.
  3. Adjust individual notification types, or use category controls when the modal groups them.
  4. Save your changes. Preference updates apply to your Slack user in the org.

To confirm a change worked, adjust one preference, trigger an event of that type, and check that the next alert follows the setting you saved. For critical types, confirm delivery even when related routine types are disabled.

Details

  • Work center: Settings
  • Personas: Admin, creator, and approver users can access notification preferences for themselves
  • Plan gate: Team and Scale plans (not Free or Starter)
  • Lifecycle: Beta, launch-ready

Routine preferences do not block critical alerts. If expected messages never arrive, check Slack channel permissions and workspace connectivity before changing preferences again.