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While Slack - if you pay for it - permanently stores all communications and makes it archivable, it's also ephemeral and anything said more than a day ago is ef

While Slack - if you pay for it - permanently stores all communications and makes it archivable, it's also ephemeral and anything said more than a day ago is effectively gone. They do have an AI summary tool to catch up though, if you pay for it, which is alright.

andrei_says_ 2y ago
To me the difference is in the affordances and mental model. Basecamp - groups all communication, assets, participants, tasks in a project space. I open the project which establishes context for everything and everyone. This predefined context makes short efficient communication very powerful. It’s incredibly simple and sophisticated at the same time - allowing grouping activity by people projects tasks etc. The ephemeral nature of chat-centered systems makes me incredibly nervous about missing things or being unable to find them.