1) Searching and managing information for a collaborative student project was a social process involving complex power negotiations over roles and responsibilities. 2) The students' choice to use Slack both reinforced their social divisions through public forums but also allowed for fluidity in roles through high levels of surveillance. 3) Technology use is a complicated entanglement of social relations, power dynamics, and how features are interpreted, not a neutral tool or deterministic force. The specific tools and how they are used matters greatly.