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We do this. Works surprisingly well... We've had two weddings planned, and several family reunions w/ 70+ people. Best of all, I don't have to maintain a thing

• ec109685 11y ago
  Totally just curious, did you miss Slack's notion of multiple persistent channels, where you can be talking about the wedding in one channel and the reunion with the Southern California part of your clan in another (location is just illustrative)? Or is creating multiple groups, one for each part of your family okay?
  • hatsix 11y ago
    We use posts as 'channels'... they're generally short-lived. There isn't nearly as much 'chatting' there as 'information sharing'... announcing milestones (pre-public baby announcements)... Etc. For example, we just had one family decide they want to go to Knots Berry Farm the day after the wedding... Those who are interested replied, those who won't be sticking around or otherwise not interested didn't reply... so each post becomes a sort of persistent channel about a topic. We have posts about the suggested hotel, and another post about a large AirBnB house that several families are going in on. We're talking about 5 comments a day, max... and sometimes weeks w/o anything. We're generally fairly 'public' about things and use regular wall posts for general communication.