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          Fixing Slack for iPhone's "Only Some People Can Post" Error

   Adam Engst

   Over the past week, I've encountered a problem with Slack on my iPhone
   that blocks me from posting. Instead, it displays the tagline 'Only
   some people can post.' at the bottom, where I would normally enter a
   message (below left). It's not a simple permissions problem'I'm the
   administrator of the workspaces and the owner of the channels in
   question.

   The first time it happened, I just switched to my Mac to post. For
   another day or two, I didn't need to post anything to Slack from my
   iPhone, but the next time I did, the restriction annoyed me enough that
   I force-quit Slack in irritation (below right). To my relief, that
   simple action solved the issue because I had no other ideas about how
   to regain the posting privileges a user of my level should enjoy.

   Nevertheless, I attributed the problem to cosmic rays and moved on with
   my life. A few days later, however, Glenn Fleishman said he had run
   into the same issue, and the next day, the problem recurred on my
   iPhone. Clearly, the problem wasn't just a one-off occurrence on my
   iPhone. If you run into the problem, force-quit Slack by swiping up on
   it in the App Switcher.

   Remember, force-quitting iPhone and iPad apps is helpful only for
   resetting badly behaved or frozen apps'it uses more memory and battery
   power than letting iOS manage the apps automatically (see '[1]Why You
   Shouldn't Make a Habit of Force-Quitting iOS Apps or Restarting iOS
   Devices,' 21 May 2020).

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