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Why do I have to go to slack.com to learn what this is? I clicked on this link, no explanation. I checked mattermost.org, no explanation. I went to slack.com,
by ju-st 11y ago
Why do I have to go to slack.com to learn what this is?
I clicked on this link, no explanation. I checked mattermost.org, no explanation. I went to slack.com, no explanation. Then I clicked on a "Product" link on top of the webpage. Finally some information what this actually is.
Even open source projects could benefit from a little bit of marketing.
- e_proxus 11y agoAgree about the Mattermost page, but the first thing I saw on Slack.com was "A messaging app for teams"
- ironsides 11y agoThis x100
- tarr11 11y agoIt's marketed as an "open source Slack clone". I suspect that if you don't know what Slack is, you aren't really the target market (at least for this version)
- baq 11y agoi beg to disagree. i'm in the market for notification, chat, etc. service for an internal application that doesn't have any cloud dependencies and we'd be most happy if it could stay this way. apparently this thing fits the bill at least in some capacity.
- tedunangst 11y agoDid Apple market the iPhone as "a blackberry with a bigger screen"? No, and by not limiting themselves to an existing competitor's market, they kind of crushed them.
- sergiotapia 11y agoIf you don't what Slack is you are not the target audience for this tool, and that's ok.
- unethical_ban 11y agoEveryone saying "If you don't know what Slack is, they're not your target market". Wrong. Slack has a target market. Mattermost should specify that market, along with its desire to be an open source Slack.