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First create a product that deluges you with a crap ton of useless work spam, make it impossible to search or organize information (was it a 1:1 chat? Group cha

First create a product that deluges you with a crap ton of useless work spam, make it impossible to search or organize information (was it a 1:1 chat? Group chat? Room? Thread?), add tons of useless distractions like emoji reactions, THEN offer an AI to search through it. Masterpiece

sph 3y ago
The natural step after enshittification is enAIfication.
ralusek 3y ago
Their search isn't bad imo. I actually use it pretty frequently for things I barely remember, and it's pretty solid.
- zuccs 3y ago
  The search is awful. I search for exact things which I typed yesterday, and it recommends stuff in archived channels from staff that left 5 years ago.
  - pizzafeelsright 3y ago
    At least I am 99% certain they index only whole words. YYMV
viraptor 3y ago
The emoji reactions limit the noise a lot in practice. Imagine the spam of: yes, this, correct, exactly, no, let's do this, ... which now lives folded into a less-than-one-message space right under the original message. I remember the pre-reaction crap and regardless my view on the emoji itself, it fixed so much in chat communication, I love the idea.
- sgarland 3y ago
  This. I didn’t think I’d like it either, but turns out it’s far easier and cleaner to convey simple thoughts with a tiny picture. Not sure how accessibility tools like screen readers handle those, though.
  - falcor84 3y ago
    As a sighted person, I still find it really useful that I can hover over any emoji in slack and get its textual representation, e.g. :thumbsup:. I believe screen readers just process those.
    - appplication 3y ago
      The only gripe I have about this is a super implementation detail (perhaps on our instances only): the “thank you” hands emoji is :pray:. There is also a :thank: that is the same emoji, but it’s weirdly lower res.
- jerpint 3y ago
  Also reduces your cognitive load when you just want to answer as quickly as possible without thinking about e.g. “am I being too rude/dry etc”?

sph 3y ago

The natural step after enshittification is enAIfication.

ralusek 3y ago

Their search isn't bad imo. I actually use it pretty frequently for things I barely remember, and it's pretty solid.

zuccs 3y ago
The search is awful. I search for exact things which I typed yesterday, and it recommends stuff in archived channels from staff that left 5 years ago.
- pizzafeelsright 3y ago
  At least I am 99% certain they index only whole words. YYMV

viraptor 3y ago

The emoji reactions limit the noise a lot in practice. Imagine the spam of: yes, this, correct, exactly, no, let's do this, ... which now lives folded into a less-than-one-message space right under the original message. I remember the pre-reaction crap and regardless my view on the emoji itself, it fixed so much in chat communication, I love the idea.

sgarland 3y ago
This. I didn’t think I’d like it either, but turns out it’s far easier and cleaner to convey simple thoughts with a tiny picture. Not sure how accessibility tools like screen readers handle those, though.
- falcor84 3y ago
  As a sighted person, I still find it really useful that I can hover over any emoji in slack and get its textual representation, e.g. :thumbsup:. I believe screen readers just process those.
  - appplication 3y ago
    The only gripe I have about this is a super implementation detail (perhaps on our instances only): the “thank you” hands emoji is :pray:. There is also a :thank: that is the same emoji, but it’s weirdly lower res.
jerpint 3y ago
Also reduces your cognitive load when you just want to answer as quickly as possible without thinking about e.g. “am I being too rude/dry etc”?