I find it hard to follow these kind of no-chat articles since they usually come off as a bit contrarian rather than something that makes sense:

* Why does a chat blackout naturally follow a fear of missing out?

* What's different from the good ol' IRC days? Mute the channels, see them as transient, and focus on 1on1 conversations.

* Important conversations should not be solely communicated through a short-lived channel chat, but be summarized through email or whatever.

* You're already missing out on all the 1on1 conversations you're not in.

And I write this as someone who chronically checks for slack updates.

Maybe the "fear of missing out" isn't really about missing out on important information, as I initially thought, but about missing out on participation and the inevitable social/office dynamics around that?