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We tried Zulip a couple times and ended up setting up a Matrix server when Slack became unbearable. The advantages of being able to federate with other channels

We tried Zulip a couple times and ended up setting up a Matrix server when Slack became unbearable. The advantages of being able to federate with other channels is high, like almost everyone I have severe channel overload and I want an application which will be open all the time to reach as many people as possible. It's almost coincidence, though, both Zulip and Matrix became 'good enough' around the same time, and we actually tried to move to Zulip at one point, which I think hardened opinions. I do like the semi-threaded approach Zulip takes, just not as much as I like even the possibility of a future where I can use Matrix for as much as possible.

mxuribe 4y ago
I don't have a better link/reference, but the following shows that threading is a desired feature within the Matrix network and ecosystem: https://matrix.org/blog/posts#a-thread-for-next-time https://matrix.org/blog/posts#a-thread-for-next-time So, who knows, maybe you'll get the best of both worlds eventually. :-)
- Arathorn 4y ago
  https://element.io/blog/introducing-threads-in-beta https://element.io/blog/introducing-threads-in-beta (not as good as zulip’s threads yet tho)
  - mxuribe 4y ago
    Ah-ha! I knew that i was not crazy! And, the link is from a pretty reliable source! ;-) Thanks @Arathorn!
rkangel 4y ago
> I do like the semi-threaded approach Zulip takes Interestingly I think of Zulip as the fully threaded approach, and Slack/Discord etc. as the semi-threaded approach (because it's optional). The only other "fully" threaded approach I know of is MS Teams (in the Team) - each conversation is a thread (and the fact that people don't realise this is an indication of how good the UX is).