“We may: improve search functionality by using Other Information to help determine and rank the relevance of content, channels or expertise to an Authorized User; make Services or Third-Party Service suggestions based on historical use and predictive models...”
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Slack's use of Other Information to shape search results means user behavior and metadata can influence what content is surfaced to Authorized Users.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains a second independent proposition — making service suggestions based on historical use and predictive models — which was omitted from the canonical claim and recorded in omitted_material.
Your Other Information may be used by Slack to determine and rank what search results you see, including content, channels, and expertise.
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Slack's use of Other Information to shape search results means user behavior and metadata can influence what content is surfaced to Authorized Users.
Your Other Information may be used by Slack to determine and rank what search results you see, including content, channels, and expertise.
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