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How does this handle privacy? Assuming these Slack conversations were originally in private communities, I'm scratching my head a bit that they are now appearin
by mellosouls 5y ago
How does this handle privacy? Assuming these Slack conversations were originally in private communities, I'm scratching my head a bit that they are now appearing in Google results.
I'm guessing that essentially it is up to the Slack admin to ensure all participants have agreed to their conversations being made available to the world?
- cheeseblubber 5y agoAll of the communities on Linen right now are open to the public to join through a public url. Linen isn't designed for private communities right now unless it evolves to be more like a productivity too that helps with related questions, summarization and search. At the moment most people who come in to these Slack channels kind of treat it like Stackoverflow or customer support for technical tools.
- stayinrhythm 5y agowould a self-host option make sense for some communities that wanted to remain "closed" but still take advantage of the search/archive neatness?
- mellosouls 5y agoThanks for the reply. I understand that the join link is public, but it's essentially a gate, the community behind which is private. At the moment most people who come in to these Slack channels kind of treat it like Stackoverflow or customer support for technical tools For the most part they will assume a conversation limited to members of the community they have joined.
- cheeseblubber 5y agoI see what you mean. Right now it is up to the communities/admin to explain that these conversations are public. I plan on building some tooling like a Slack bot that sends an alert to users who join a community letting them know the conversations are public. Other solutions I have considered is only syncing specific channels and making it explicit that Linen is making these conversation public. Definitely a gray area right now and would love any suggestions around this.