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Slack is overrated and over priced. Its not like messenger platforms are difficult. We have had msn messneger, yahoo messenger, whatsapp, rocketchat, facebook m

by collyw 7y ago

Slack is overrated and over priced. Its not like messenger platforms are difficult. We have had msn messneger, yahoo messenger, whatsapp, rocketchat, facebook messneger, messenger, gchat, skype. Slack doesn't do anything particularly special.

kaushikt 7y ago
I disagree. Slack is not just about chat, they are about communication. We moved from Skype to Slack and it was incredibly different for us. Open channels meant - more transparency and anyone can join and contribute. All those hella bots are extremely handy. Overall, i would say we became more transparent, focussed and it made communication across a single company SIMPLE.
- slothtrop 7y ago
  I've heard it described as having IRC channels with skype capabilities
  - smileysteve 7y ago
    > with skype capabilities I'd be interested to know the stats on people using the video feature. My experience is that companies on slack primarily trust Hangouts and Zoom more than Slack for video conference.
- sha666sum 7y ago
  You just unironically argued that chat applications are not about communication, while Slack is. This makes no sense, as chatting is communication.
sha666sum 7y ago
MSN Messenger with Pidgin as the client is the best IM experience I've ever had, at least for one to one conversations. There's also something to be said for identifying contacts by their email addresses, since even when the IM inevitably dies, you have a way to reach these people.
ScoutOrgo 7y ago
As someone that uses both slack and webex teams at work, I cannot emphasize enough how much better slack is. Maybe it's because webex teams is beyond awful, but I've used skype and hipchat before as well, so I feel like I can make a somewhat fair assessment.
- pranau 7y ago
  Genuine question - I use WebEx Teams at work too and it works perfectly fine for the most part. It's also very lightweight compared to Slack. What do you find so terrible about it?
KingMachiavelli 7y ago
While I think slack is much more useful that any of the ones you mentioned due to 'unique' implementation but it's not hard to replicate. Plenty of communities already use free alternatives like Discord (despite it's focus on 'gaming' communities). I expect open source solutions (Matrix mostly), both self hosted and ran by low cost hosting providers, to start taking Slacks market share once they reach feature parity & a level of polish.
yakattak 7y ago
To be honest, compared to all of those with the exception of maybe Rocketchat, it has way more features and integrations. I don't think it's a fair assessment to compare to to WhatsApp, MS Messenger, FB Messenger because those have no place in an enterprise environment.
techslave 7y ago
You’re wrong and the reason why is in your comment. > platform Slack isn’t a messenger app. It’s a platform. People like to “work” in slack for some reason. not that slack is so well suited, but because it reduces the number of context switches you need to do. it’s good to have something as a central hub. If you produce some kind of app, you’ll want to integrate into a messenger platform and your choice (if only one) will be slack. this gives slack gravity and that is what makes it special. salesforce the core product is nothing special. it’s salesforce the platform which matters.

by collyw 7y ago

kaushikt 7y ago

I disagree. Slack is not just about chat, they are about communication. We moved from Skype to Slack and it was incredibly different for us. Open channels meant - more transparency and anyone can join and contribute. All those hella bots are extremely handy. Overall, i would say we became more transparent, focussed and it made communication across a single company SIMPLE.

slothtrop 7y ago
I've heard it described as having IRC channels with skype capabilities
- smileysteve 7y ago
  > with skype capabilities I'd be interested to know the stats on people using the video feature. My experience is that companies on slack primarily trust Hangouts and Zoom more than Slack for video conference.
sha666sum 7y ago
You just unironically argued that chat applications are not about communication, while Slack is. This makes no sense, as chatting is communication.

sha666sum 7y ago

MSN Messenger with Pidgin as the client is the best IM experience I've ever had, at least for one to one conversations. There's also something to be said for identifying contacts by their email addresses, since even when the IM inevitably dies, you have a way to reach these people.

ScoutOrgo 7y ago

As someone that uses both slack and webex teams at work, I cannot emphasize enough how much better slack is. Maybe it's because webex teams is beyond awful, but I've used skype and hipchat before as well, so I feel like I can make a somewhat fair assessment.

pranau 7y ago
Genuine question - I use WebEx Teams at work too and it works perfectly fine for the most part. It's also very lightweight compared to Slack. What do you find so terrible about it?

KingMachiavelli 7y ago

While I think slack is much more useful that any of the ones you mentioned due to 'unique' implementation but it's not hard to replicate. Plenty of communities already use free alternatives like Discord (despite it's focus on 'gaming' communities). I expect open source solutions (Matrix mostly), both self hosted and ran by low cost hosting providers, to start taking Slacks market share once they reach feature parity & a level of polish.

yakattak 7y ago

To be honest, compared to all of those with the exception of maybe Rocketchat, it has way more features and integrations. I don't think it's a fair assessment to compare to to WhatsApp, MS Messenger, FB Messenger because those have no place in an enterprise environment.

techslave 7y ago

You’re wrong and the reason why is in your comment. > platform Slack isn’t a messenger app. It’s a platform. People like to “work” in slack for some reason. not that slack is so well suited, but because it reduces the number of context switches you need to do. it’s good to have something as a central hub. If you produce some kind of app, you’ll want to integrate into a messenger platform and your choice (if only one) will be slack. this gives slack gravity and that is what makes it special. salesforce the core product is nothing special. it’s salesforce the platform which matters.