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Crazy. I can't stand the software. Experiment for slack fans: Start talking about something in a channel with ~20 people. Then ask a friend to ask another ques
by matchbok 7y ago
Crazy. I can't stand the software.
Experiment for slack fans: Start talking about something in a channel with ~20 people. Then ask a friend to ask another question in the same channel. What happens? A mess. You now have 2 conversations modeled with a single stream of single-line messages, with no context. One someone starts a conversation in a channel every single other user in that channel now has to wait. (or risk being pushed up past the fold, which people never scroll to)
Chat just isn't how work gets done. Or how knowledge is transferred and, most importantly, retained.
- garrett_oh 7y agoIsn’t this what threads are for?
- mamurphy 7y agoI've only used discord -- do threads exist on slack? Or is GP right and lack of threads is a major downfall of chat apps, including slack?
- garrett_oh 7y agoSlack does have threads. Everyone at my company is quick to remind those who don’t use them.
- kbyatnal 7y agoSlack threads feel very much like an afterthought though. They never get used at my company (and for good reason).