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I have like 7 Slacks. 2 of them are paid, 5 of them are hobby that I may use once a month. What are you suggesting? That I pay an extra $40/month just so that m
by a1371 4y ago
I have like 7 Slacks. 2 of them are paid, 5 of them are hobby that I may use once a month. What are you suggesting? That I pay an extra $40/month just so that maybe I need an old message in one of those? I'd agree with you if Slack were indie devs but does Slack need my $40?
The unhappiness comes from the fact that people want to rely on a service, even if it's free. It would make sense if this was a change for the sake of resources or paid user experience. This is for neither, just a tiny push for people to pay or leave. Ironically, It may make me want to stop paying because having all the conversations in one place is nice if I take the hobby slacks elsewhere
- xen2xen1 4y agoSo I have to ask, why use Slack for hobby things instead of Discord? Is that driven by people used to having it at work? I'm confused by the thought of "hobby Slack channels".
- muppetman 4y agoDiscord is so childish. It's embarassing to have open.
- raydev 4y agoBeing embarrassed by it seems childish. Who are you trying to impress?
- TobyTheDog123 4y agoIs it the friendly user-interface? The non-corporate artwork on curated pages? The community-vs-company-based branding? What about any of that is embarrassing or childish? That it's not specifically designed for corporate drudgery hell?
- muppetman 4y agoYea, pretty much, well put.
- egKYzyXeIL 4y agoIn what way is Discord childish?
- muppetman 4y agoNitro banners, blobs, public servers with bowling balls etc. If you're just in a discussion it's fine but click the wrong place and it's like a teenage dream exploded.
- throwaway675309 4y agoI feel like it's rather silly to be so concerned over something as trivial as that, like being worried over what other people think if you have a hello kitty bag. Life is entirely too short to be bothered by inconsequential external perception.
- Aeolun 4y agoDiscord is actually fairly annoying because so many things are on Discord and split between servers.
- icelancer 4y agoI agree. My experience with Discord vs. Slack is not nearly what people seem to make it out to be. I find Discord significantly more confusing and the concept of "servers" is not one that makes any actual sense; they are using that word as a stand-in for rooms/workspaces/etc, but "servers" sounds better to gamers. I can't blame them, but it's confusing to me. Oh well. I'm old.
- raydev 4y ago> the concept of "servers" is not one that makes any actual sense; they are using that word as a stand-in for rooms/workspaces/etc What do you mean? The analogue to rooms would be channels, which falls under a server.
- throwaway675309 4y agoI don't really get your source of confusion, The concept of a server makes perfect sense in so far as it's a self-contained "themed" communication space that contains many rooms a.k.a. channels.
- egKYzyXeIL 4y agoI don't understand the point of your comment. How is it annoying that different interest groups are separated from each other? Reddit is split into different subredits, IRC is split into different servers and channels, forums do the same thing, I could go on. Would you rather everything be jumbled together in one place?
- kevincox 4y agoHow is this any different than slack being split between workspaces? It seems to me that the main organization model of Slack and Discord are the same.