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I don't super understand these articles. Before slack we had Lync, and then skype, and now it's slack. It doesn't replace email, it replaced those other commun
by pacificat0r 6y ago
I don't super understand these articles. Before slack we had Lync, and then skype, and now it's slack.
It doesn't replace email, it replaced those other communication apps.
I am aware that Slack has a crusade against email but the article or that business example didn't ask why not both? There's a need for real-time communication and there's a need for email too.
- kelp 6y agoFor better or for worse (I think to some degree, worse) I've found Slack has eliminated about 90% of my email use at work. My work email is almost all automated emails, communications with people external to the company, and a small percent of internal communications. Nearly everything else is done over Slack. So in my experience, it certainly is replacing email. Now, I'm not sure that it should. But it is.
- 2sk21 6y agoAt two companies where I have worked recently (IBM and a small startup), Slack quickly displaced email. Email was hardly used in either organization.
- paxys 6y agoCan't speak of other roles, but at least within tech/dev teams I have encountered Slack has replaced email almost 100%.
- cwhiz 6y agoFor me, Slack has completely replaced internal email. Email is now almost exclusively for external communication and endless newsletters.