In a message in slack room comments obtained by the new york times, Rit says that you can't talk about politics or any of this on slack. The rule should be, he writes, "you can only do it in person" and encourage people to do it on zoom where they can see each other. It has impacted culture at start ups to a level that i think no expected,. Like, literally, your entire experience at work, the culture of the company is the culture of the slack it is.