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I've had a persistent to IRC backlog since 1998. This is a simple task for anyone who reads a site that is called "hacker news".

• praneshp 10y ago
  I had a persistent IRC backlog pre-Slack too. It's less difficult to get your colleagues that dont read "hacker news" to do it.
• Latty 10y ago
  Yes, but are those the only people using Slack? Most of us communicate with people for whom that's non-trivial. Even if it is, it's effort to set up, has to run somewhere, and it doesn't integrate well. It's a crappy solution to the problem, when Slack's is 'scroll up'.
  • NDizzle 10y ago
    In my experiences using Slack, the people who aren't the normal IRC crowd (take that as you will, heh) fall out of common use after a short period of time. You're left with roughly the IRC crowd. That may be dependent on team dynamics.
    • Latty 10y ago
      Obviously, small sample size, but that's not my experience at all. I've used Slack in two or three different environments for 1y+, and people didn't seem to drop it.
    • fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
      Depends upon age. Anyone in the UK under 30-35 grew up using MSN messenger so even the least technical of non-technical people are happy using something that as far as they can see is basically the same as MSN.