Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack

Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by chris_wot on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @05:24PM (#11300800)

I find it interesting that all those who claim IRC is insufficient or is too hard to implement (they say the same about XMPP) don't ever seem to say what is so hard, or mention the features that are missing.

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by brongondwana on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @10:46PM (#11302273)

If you never read any comments that tell you what's so hard, then I guess you don't see them.

To avoid repeating myself: http://lists.lca2016.linux.org.au/pipermail/chat/2016-Januar...

As soon as you say "run a bouncer" you limit your audience severely. Without a bouncer, you're a transient in the world of IRC. Doubly so if you have the temerity to want to interact from a mobile device that pops on and off networks all the time.

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by voltagex_ on Thursday March 17, 2016 @12:40AM (#11302619)

I was in the LCA2016 IRC channel and at LCA2016 in person. I really wish we could have CCC [1] levels of "audience participation" because it allows people to interact with the conference who may not normally be able to attend. The live streaming was really well done but I think there needs to be One True Chat Channel for LCA2017. Maybe that means using Slack or similar and swallowing a bit of FOSS pride for a while.

[1]: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2015/wiki/Congress_Everywhere and yes, they use IRC. LCA's audience is a bit different

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by chris_wot on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @05:28PM (#11300821)

Seriously, what is going on here? It seems any and every comment about IRC or XMPP is being downvoted to oblivion.

If someone is astroturfing, I suggest you stop immediately.

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by Karunamon on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @06:13PM (#11301084)

Because such comments are at this point inane and uninteresting. As has been mentioned ad nauseum, Slack and friends are winning because IRC is a pain and lacks really basic creature comforts like offline messages and anything but text.

I'm downvoting them as I see them for this reason. Anyone saying "Why not IRC?" to the question of "Slack alternative?" is being willfully ignorant at this point.

Same goes to those who accuse people of astroturfing absent evidence other than "$ideaILike is being downvoted".

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by chris_wot on Thursday March 17, 2016 @08:39AM (#11303956)

Only as inane and uninteresting as the comment you just posted.

You can't impute motives why someone might ask that question. You may feel it has been repeated ad nauseum but it's quite possible those asking the question haven't read the previous HN comments.

At this point, you come over as an arrogant jerk.

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by Karunamon on Thursday March 17, 2016 @11:28AM (#11304919)

Ask a silly question...

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Re:Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack by chris_wot on Friday March 18, 2016 @06:51PM (#11315902)

... expect only jerks to answer?

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