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Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives

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Re: Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives

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Post by oldmanjay »

pnathan wrote: post #3

Can someone explain the attraction that nerds have for Slack/Hipchat over a well-tended IRC server?

IRC generally means more futzing around than Slack and Hipchat. It's just a normal value proposition, like not growing our own food or making our own clothes or building our own cars, even if those things are possible.

Re: Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives

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Post by askafriend »

pnathan wrote: post #3

Can someone explain the attraction that nerds have for Slack/Hipchat over a well-tended IRC server?

As patio11 puts it: UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX

See more:

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931499680657409

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931665275916288

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931949645533184

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660932099742957568

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660932289002508288

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660932918672420865

Re: Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives

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Post by itistoday2 »

pnathan wrote: post #3

Can someone explain the attraction that nerds have for Slack/Hipchat over a well-tended IRC server?

IRC simply lacks important desirable features, making it poor for community building (given the existence of better alternatives). The two biggest missing features are persistence and search.

Other important missing features are ease of use in terms of creation of topic-focused channels, private channels, and high quality mobile and desktop clients.

Re: Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives

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Post by dataker »

askafriend wrote: post #5
pnathan wrote: post #3

Can someone explain the attraction that nerds have for Slack/Hipchat over a well-tended IRC server?

As patio11 puts it: UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX UX See more: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931499680657409 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931665275916288 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/660931949645533184 https://twitter.com/patio11/statu…

UXUXUX... is also a feature of many open source alternatives.
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