Re: [PLUG] XKCD: Team Chat

[Eric Lucas <eric@lucii.org>]

We formerly used IRC and work but switched to slack.  Zero config - just load the client, sign in, and go.  Also, it handles things like emojis and inline photos.

I prefer IRC but I don't have any strong negatives against slack (other than, as you point out, privacy.)

Eric

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com> wrote:

I read the comic, and it gave me a chuckle but also made me wonder what Slack was and why I hadn't heard of it.  So I did a quick search and poked around on their website for a couple of minutes.

Basically, it's a way to get you to turn over all your company's internal communications and data to the people behind the Slack site?

(Privacy issues aside:  is it that great?  How is it better than some combination of chat + email?)

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