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Slack is pretty great, we use it where I work and for coordinating communication between teams in different parts of the US, the UK, India and Australia, it is

Slack is pretty great, we use it where I work and for coordinating communication between teams in different parts of the US, the UK, India and Australia, it is fantastic. It is quite crazy to think what is essentially a more modernised version of IRC is worth one billion dollars. Either way, I think it is a highly deserved valuation for a tool that is undeniably a lot less painful than Google Hangouts, Skype or Email. Great job Slack team. It also seems besides creating an awesome communication platform, Slack have discovered the secret to time travel. According to the article, "has been growing wildly since launching at the end of 2014" a product so successful it launched in the future and is doing well in the present. Nice quality writing from Techcrunch.

zaphar 12y ago
We just started using it at our company. We have a lot of remote workers. I think part of why it's so good is because it's "just" a modernized IRC. It seems like most other other communication tools fail to deliver that feel of community that IRC does and as a result fall short. Slack despite my initial misgivings seems to be delivering though.
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- thedufer 12y ago
  > I think part of why it's so good is because it's "just" a modernized IRC In fact, the worst part about slack is the completely unnecessary attachments UI. When I click on an attachment, just open it in a new tab and let my browser handle it!
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