But, the whole "checking in on a channel" thing is exactly the problem. It creates a nonsense or a "missing out" feeling for the team. It is too synchronous.
> Reduced pressure to read everything. Let’s face it, it’s not practical or necessary to keep up with every conversation. The aggregated timeline in Level lets you subscribe to channels and sip from the firehose of conversations without pressuring you to “catch up” on all unreads.
They shouldn't assume everyone will read every message. If it's important, they should make sure you definitely saw it.
If you ever feel like you missed and important decision, go and politely tell them to always get you involved.