Back Channel
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A private or side communication path used alongside official meetings, threads, or decisions. In workplace culture, back channels can speed alignment, but they can also make decisions feel opaque or exclusionary.
In plain English: A side or private communication route outside the main official discussion.
Example: "The architecture review looked calm in the main doc, but most of the actual disagreement was happening in a back channel group chat."
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