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Re: Facebook at Work

#11

Post by jdoliner » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:18 AM UTC

I clicked this hopeful that Facebook had made a new product tailored to the needs of an office. Instead it seems like they recently decided that their existing product just happens to already be the perfect product for the office and rebranded it.

I don't buy this at all, teams don't actually collaborate by sending each other green giraffe stickers.

Re: Facebook at Work

#12

Post by eCa » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:19 AM UTC

> For companies who get things done

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/is-it-a-c...

Re: Facebook at Work

#13

Post by onewaystreet » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

jdoliner wrote: post #11

I clicked this hopeful that Facebook had made a new product tailored to the needs of an office. Instead it seems like they recently decided that their existing product just happens to already be the perfect product for the office and rebranded it. I don't buy this at all, teams don't actually collaborate by sending each other green giraffe stickers.

People who use Slack do.

Re: Facebook at Work

#14

Post by wnmurphy » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

samstave wrote: post #8

Uh... Is this an attack on Slack? I have so many things to say about this but the last time I said anything anti-F B on H N I got lawyers against me. Please god people don't use this. Edit: I'm going to qualify my sentiment. FB thinks that "making the world more connected" is a good thing (TM) -- and in an utopian sense that may be true... But FB is not utopian. See the fucking onion article. You all know the one. Th…

What happened with the lawyers? That seems entirely unreasonable.

Re: Facebook at Work

#15

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

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Re: Facebook at Work

#16

Post by josho » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

personjerry wrote: post #10

I don't really see the need for this, since the things you usually do on Facebook are not the same things you would do at a workplace community.

You forgot that you are the product being sold. This gives fb whole new layers of demographic data to sell to their customers.

Re: Facebook at Work

#17

Post by Alex3917 » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

jdoliner wrote: post #11

I clicked this hopeful that Facebook had made a new product tailored to the needs of an office. Instead it seems like they recently decided that their existing product just happens to already be the perfect product for the office and rebranded it. I don't buy this at all, teams don't actually collaborate by sending each other green giraffe stickers.

This seems like the kind of safe and boring product you'd make while trying not to get fired before your options vest. As they'd say in the wine industry, "it's well made."

Re: Facebook at Work

#18

Post by caleblloyd » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #3

Any theories on why they're using Wordpress.com VIP for this?

Because someone from marketing made the site, not someone from engineering

Re: Facebook at Work

#19

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

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Re: Facebook at Work

#20

Post by dreamdu5t » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 2:22 AM UTC

quadrature wrote: post #9

samstave wrote: post #8

Uh... Is this an attack on Slack? I have so many things to say about this but the last time I said anything anti-F B on H N I got lawyers against me. Please god people don't use this. Edit: I'm going to qualify my sentiment. FB thinks that "making the world more connected" is a good thing (TM) -- and in an utopian sense that may be true... But FB is not utopian. See the fucking onion article. You all know the one. Th…

why shouldn't this be used ?

Because Facebook has no intention of keeping the service around if it isn't successful. Whereas with Slack, it's actually their business and already proven profitable/successful.