So, what happens to all the data that is poured into Workplace ? No mattermost import, I suppose ?
CERN Ends Trial of Facebook Workplace
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#12So, what happens to all the data that is poured into Workplace ? No mattermost import, I suppose ?
Maybe we can address their concerns with our platform Open Social (getopensocial.com) as they use Drupal for most of their platforms already. I think we can get some data our of Workkplace trough https://developers.facebook.com/docs/workplace/reference/gra... - would be an interesting case for a migration tool..!
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#13My company too has bought into this Facebook Workplace hype. The feedback from users is mixed. Some people like it. Most find it clumsy and cluttered. The notification system is totally useless and spammy. Almost every little update by anyone in your org is a notification. I see 100+ notifications everytime I log in. I don't know what value it brings or what problem it solves that is not already solved by email / dis…
What was your company using before Workplace?
> email / distribution lists / IM
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#14I thought lack of control in the free offering of mattermost is one of the things people complain about the most. It seems riot/matrix and rocket.chat seem quite popular. I liked the e2e in riot but it seemed a bit cumbersome. Rocket.chat was quite popular at CCC so I guess it's probably decent as well.
We just merged a rewrite of riot/web’s e2e UX to develop branch - it is hopefully going from cumbersome to balletic :)
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#15My previous company has used and pushed workplace. It was never useful in anyway to anyone in my engineering teams.
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#16Great move to go with open source solutions like Mattermost and Discourse.
This has tradition at CERN. I wonder why they even considered Facebook's offering, but I guess they do not dismiss proprietary solutions as well. Whatever works?
Often enough they end up writing their own tools, if nothing fitting is available, and this might end up in the public domain (since AFAIK everything at CERN is basically paid for by the public, i.e. various member states, EU etc.).
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#17I'm unsure why any company would prefer Workplace over Slack/Teams etc. They have far more features and basically not scathed in privacy troubles as FB is in right now.
Workplace is more like an intranet, whereas Slack is more like email (in terms of how it’s used). That said, my experience was that the Facebook layout makes people treat it like Facebook - sharing and liking good news stories, but all the serious stuff is done elsewhere.
Re: CERN Ends Trial of Facebook Workplace
#18My company too has bought into this Facebook Workplace hype. The feedback from users is mixed. Some people like it. Most find it clumsy and cluttered. The notification system is totally useless and spammy. Almost every little update by anyone in your org is a notification. I see 100+ notifications everytime I log in. I don't know what value it brings or what problem it solves that is not already solved by email / dis…
What was your company using before Workplace?
No the OP, but my employer has also adopted Workplace. Before that we used our own internal website for section-level and company-wide updates, with commenting and a small discussion board where dicussions not directly related to updates were had.
I'm sick and tired of Facebook, and now I'm forced to endure it at work, unless I want to miss out on important updates.
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#19It's great to see CERN make more and more steps towards free software! Public money - public code
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#20I'm unsure why any company would prefer Workplace over Slack/Teams etc. They have far more features and basically not scathed in privacy troubles as FB is in right now.
Workplace is more like an intranet, whereas Slack is more like email (in terms of how it’s used). That said, my experience was that the Facebook layout makes people treat it like Facebook - sharing and liking good news stories, but all the serious stuff is done elsewhere.
More like Yammer. Now owned by Microsoft. Which I found useful as an intranet long life discussion forum. But rubbish when treated like a chat app.