Slack - Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

The rumors are true, Salesforce has agreed to buy Slack for a whopping 27.7 billion 🤑 https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/0...

this is legitimately the greatest (enterprise) software that has ever existed. you know...in my opinion. i actually look forward to working with my team in @slackhq every day.

One of the most useful features of hipchat is the running history of files/links that have been shared in a room. I'd love for Slack to add this!

I'm a part of a ton of Slack communities but I'm active in only a handful.

Slack works to its fullest only when it is implemented in a team and everyone's supposed to use it for communication. Slack could/should improve on making the communities on it better by adding relevant features.

Pros:

Easiest way to get everything under one roof.

Cons:

Building active communities is really hard.

As a remote designer, this is a must have. I'm always contactable and available. Super easy way to also have quick calls and communicate with other team members on different teams.

Pros:

Possibility to be logged on multiple teams, being available at all times on mobile and desktop, and easy to connect with other services.

Cons:

I'm pretty happy with Slack, so no cons for now :)

I've tried all the team messaging tools out there, and I think that this is by far the most effective, elegant one there is. It integrate with all the other services you could possibly use like Github and Asana, and they're probably going to implement even deeper integration now that they've raised a large round of funding.

Troll your friends in Slack with Slacker :)

Got my whole office using Slack. Slow and steady progress.

So good. The iOS app crushes Hipchat's. Our team made the switch and we haven't looked back.

Is it me or Notifications on iOS are really slow. I don't get notifications in time when i'm pinged. Is this happening to anyone else? Except that it rocks.

My favorite features - Files and Search. The search is so freaking good.

Yeah, we tried it too and it hasn't stuck. Butterfield seems to build these beautiful games/tools that miss something core.

Slack is legit. It has really helped change the communication culture and patterns at our agency. A huge bonus is how receptive to new ideas the Slack team is. Highly recommend this product. Keep an eye on it for sure.

Looks like Salesforce is going to acquire slack! https://investor.salesforce.com/...

I've been chatting with one of their folks about some of the things we are missing. Hopefully we'll see them added.

@adamslieb curious to hear, what exactly is it missing?

It's really slick

Our team switched from hipchat -> slack about two weeks ago. Slack added a couple of the "must have" features we needed. So far very pleased with the switch

I don't know how my team survived without Slack previously. We switched from Skype (could never get on with Hipchat) and haven't looked back. The search is miles better, the mobile apps are incredible, and the integrations with things like Trello, ProdPad and MailChimp just make it a no-brainer. Seems that a lot of the key features people were missing in the previous comments here (search, custom emoticons) are now in place. Time to give it another go? :)

i personally haven't been too impressed with search in slack. i felt like hipchat did a great job with that.