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Slack is trash and hostile to users, but unfortunately, it has significant momentum. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mozilla switches over.
by xfitm3 8y ago
Slack is trash and hostile to users, but unfortunately, it has significant momentum. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mozilla switches over.
- sumedh 8y ago> Slack is trash and hostile to users It seems better than Skype and Hipchat and whatever Google's latest chat app.
- TheSwordsman 8y agoI think we need to be explicit, Slack isn't always conducive to the needs of open communities. Some of its features are extremely friendly to users, like having the possibility of full message history retention and mobile apps. But the former does require you be paid, and the latter is also possible with other solutions.
- cauthon 8y agoAnd immensely better than Microsoft teams
- lugg 8y agoThat's debatable. I can't stand hipchat but at least it doesn't fall over loading gifs.
- sumedh 8y agoIs it really debatable when Atlassian gave up on hitchat.
- mrweasel 8y agoAlthough everything is better than Google Chat.
- thinkmassive 8y agoBut how about Matrix, Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, IRC, and other open source chat servers?
- sumedh 8y agoI have not used them so I cannot comment on that.
- xenator 8y agoMattermost is a terrible example of open source. It is just cheap rip-off of Slack and every pixel say that.
- thinkmassive 8y agoThat’s the only one I mentioned that I haven’t used. I just figured it’s open source, so it’s more suitable than Slack or Hipchat. Thanks for the feedback, won’t be going out of my way to try Mattermost.
- c0vfefe 8y ago+1 for Matrix. Awesome technology.
- admax88q 8y ago> It seems better than other trash messaging platforms. I mean you're not wrong, but you're not setting the bar particularly high :).
- mcguire 8y agoNotably, pasting code into skype seems to be an emoji-filled land of adventure.
- morganvachon 8y agoAs others have said, Slack is fine for businesses that can afford its extra features, and it's "good enough" for a small business with less need for search history and more of a "run anywhere" instant communication platform. But I agree with the sentiment that it's not a good fit for open source projects. For that, an open source Slack-like tool like Mattermost or similar would be a better idea.
- erikpukinskis 8y agoIn my mind, Mozilla is an open source company though. One of the preeminent open source companies. Didn't they create Bugzilla? It would be really strange to me if they used a closed source community messaging platform.
- m-p-3 8y agoIt could be worse and they'd switch to Discord.