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> Nothing that IRC doesn't have, but they sold it better. I think that's really underselling Slack, between threads, attachments, code snippets, reactions, etc
by ramchip 4y ago
> Nothing that IRC doesn't have, but they sold it better.
I think that's really underselling Slack, between threads, attachments, code snippets, reactions, etc.
For example a Slack pattern I've seen multiple times is teams offering an help channel for their internal users, with one thread per question, and using reaction icons to track which have been answered. It works amazingly well even with thousands of users. I like IRC, but I think it would be really chaotic in comparison.
- flarg 4y agoI mean there are going to be a lot of creative approaches to something ubiquitous, I agree. But even IRC you can create your own channel and invite people to it. Slack is slicker, but the whole use case is still dramatically underserved.
- stevekemp 4y agoThat's a fair comment, but remember that threads didn't exist in early-slack. Personally I love IRC, but at the same time I've not used it seriously in many many years. Slack? It has problems, but I've used it daily across multiple companies. My biggest "win" with Slack is going offline for an hour, or more, a day, to avoid the notification-fatigue.