New Slack add-on will surely ruin your coworkers’ day

Slack is a powerful tool, and with great power comes the great responsibility...to screw with your coworkers. 

A new Slack add-on from programmer Will Leinweber does just that, in pretty much the most diabolical way possible. Essentially, whenever anyone else starts typing it shows them a message that you, too, happen to be typing. And when they stop? That message goes away. 

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You see the problem — or, rather, the opportunity.