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Am I the only one who doesn't get Slack?

What's wrong with me?

on January 31, 2020
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    Took me a while to figure out that it works with groups. You can't just sign up for slack and start talking to your friends like gchat or whatsapp.

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      Ahh I see. I've been noticing a handful of public (and even paid) Slack channels popping up in the hacker world. Is that like a chat room situation?

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    LOL, I feel exactly the same way.

    Strangely, I do like Discord and they seem kind of similar.

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    No worries, me either :)
    What I really don't like in it is people use it as a forum to ask questions and get answers but, because there are just several channels available it turns to be a mess really quickly. I would understand if the number of users would be up to 5-7 but when it's used as a tool of community, it will just a mess. I can't find where I asked and who responded.

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    As stated previously, it works well for groups. Usually best for technical groups.

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    I agree. I don't see how it's different than Lync, Skype, Gchat, IRC, etc.

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    This is hard to answer without hearing what you mean by "doesn't get". Happy to chime in though

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      I've given it a few good tries over the past couple years. Maybe the interface is too visually busy for me? Maybe I feel excluded from the elite club that knows all the shortcodes and tricks you're supposed to use? It's all very chaotic to me. Well aware I'm in the minority here...