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Slack is much better as a corporate chat app, but I’m not sure that’s necessarily good in the broader picture because I’m not sure you want to maximize chat eng
by philwelch 5y ago
Slack is much better as a corporate chat app, but I’m not sure that’s necessarily good in the broader picture because I’m not sure you want to maximize chat engagement in a corporate setting. There are weird cultural effects to that, and paradoxically having a shittier app for that might get you the benefits of being able to chat with your coworkers and ask them questions without the weird social effects.
- Andys 5y agoand if the team consists of remote workers?
- philwelch 5y agoI don't think that necessarily changes anything. The weird cultural effects of Slack are probably even worse with remote workers.
- Andys 5y agoWe might as well be from different species :) I'd love it if you could elaborate. How do you chat with coworkers remotely if not slack.. IRC? phone? Go around to their house?
- philwelch 5y agoThe context of the discussion here is about Microsoft Teams. Teams doesn’t have a particularly engaging or enjoyable or usable design, but it does provide the bare minimum chat functionality.
- mellavora 5y agoDepends. Who owns the data contained in the chat?