Date: 2026-08-11 Channel: Megaphone Source: Blake Emal (to Michael + Blake)
Signal
Blake raised a concern that Hermes is adding too much noise to client Slack channels: “seeing like 3-4 updates within the last 7 days from Hermes, and given that clients don’t respond much to these it ends up just kinda taking over the whole channel from my POV.”
His suggestion: “being more choosy with the updates Hermes pushes in client channels.”
No decision logged yet. Michael did not reply in channel as of distill time (11pm ET).
Significance
If Hermes automation is pushing updates faster than clients engage, the channels become one-sided and likely feel like noise to clients too. This is a credible product-quality signal worth acting on: reduce frequency, batch updates, or gate what qualifies as worth posting. Watch for Michael’s response or a subsequent ops change.