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I mean, isn't Dropbox just prettier rsync?

• josephg 9y ago
  And Slack is a modern version of IRC :) It keep being surprised by how much a fresh coat of CSS and a mobile app can reinvigorate these old ideas. Who knew how important adding gifs and emoticons would be?
  • kuon 9y ago
    Add gif to HN you will realize how great it will become! (please don't)
  • detaro 9y ago
    I'd say history access/logging by default, easy sign-up, easy management/configuration are all way more important reasons. Someone very likely could have gotten all that working as a good product based on IRC, but they didn't. (I use IRC a lot more than Slack, but my requirements are not the same as those of a company adopting Slack)
  • tvaughan 9y ago
    https://grove.io/ https://grove.io/
    • detaro 9y ago
      Oh interesting, wasn't aware that was a thing. Sad they didn't make it.