No. Part of a major US government organization with a massive overall budget, and we use the free version. The funding channels aren't avail to pay for it; different pots of money etc.
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#12Where i work we use Standuply to run regular surveys and get standups from everyone through their bot.
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#13Stopped paying for Slack, still use the free version. Had free integrations, don't use any more.
The WTF of Huddles and threads, and the complete lack of working notifications mean we can't trust integrations or complicated features to work or stay working.
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#14Stopped paying for Slack, still use the free version. Had free integrations, don't use any more. The WTF of Huddles and threads, and the complete lack of working notifications mean we can't trust integrations or complicated features to work or stay working.
Absolutely agree. We don't pay for slack as well. This pile of sh*t sucks. How can they not have proper notifications? Slack is not a working mode of communication and I really hope we get something better asap.
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#15Sorry for stealing part of the conversation, I released a new app just 2 weeks ago, would love to hear feedback if it solves a problem to anyone.
App is in Slack marketplace review, but is usable and can be integrated. Also app is free for now.
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#16Sorry for stealing part of the conversation, I released a new app just 2 weeks ago, would love to hear feedback if it solves a problem to anyone. App is in Slack marketplace review, but is usable and can be integrated. Also app is free for now. https://slack.com/apps/A04KSRC0606-work
Two paragraphs, no elevator pitch. Hope your app provides better UX.
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#17We pay for Slack for the screenshare feature but not for any integrations. I like the simplicity and snapiness of Slack's chat and screen share compared to other modern platforms. No lag, minimal stupid animations, and cross platform compatibility. Easy enough to write integrations against too.
'Threads' feature is annoying and I hate it when people try to use it. Code formatting is nice.
Federation with MS Teams could be nice so I don't have to launch Teams whenever the one off meeting happens but that will never happen.
Shrugs It's good enough.
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#18Slack is the only chat app that I’ve used professionally that doesn’t show how many messages are unread in a channel I am subscribed to. The channel name gets bold and that’s it. Am I behind by 1 message? By 50? Who knows! Click to find out!
Now threads - in Google Chat and Teams - it shows the last, or the couple of last messages, if short, of the thread right under the message that started the thread, collapsing the ones in-between. This way I can see if I am caught up on thread replies without having to open it. But not slack.
It’s weird to leave slack for alternatives 5 years ago, just to cross paths again - and realize that all of the annoyances that were there - still are.
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#19Slack is the only chat app that I’ve used professionally that doesn’t show how many messages are unread in a channel I am subscribed to. The channel name gets bold and that’s it. Am I behind by 1 message? By 50? Who knows! Click to find out! Now threads - in Google Chat and Teams - it shows the last, or the couple of last messages, if short, of the thread right under the message that started the thread, collapsing th…
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#20We (30 ppl startup) use paid Slack, a few paid Slack applications and paid integrations.
Dailybot (paid) for stand-up of engineers and sales. Reminds you to write a stand-up, organizes information. After our questions, they prepared integrations with Shortcut.
HeyTaco (paid) for team engagement. We are remote. Emotions are harder to convey. Those who help can be burdened and underappreciated. We are remote. Emotions are harder to convey. Those who help can be burdened and underappreciated. A small gesture that someone gave you a taco for what you did for them gives a smile.
We also have integration with Slack:
* Zapier (paid) - channel topic based on schedule (who is responsible for something in rotation schedule), various notifications from internal system to Slack go via Zapier (to keep a log of them in Spreadsheet too)
* Google Script (free) - automatic posting of recordings of team meetings to the appropriate Slack channel