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Re:Slack Closes $250M Funding Round at $5B Valuation by ryanbrunner on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:47AM (#15275852)
The thing is, Slack isn't really really good at async communication at all. If I @mentioned someone and asked them a question, if they haven't responded to it within an hour or two, the odds of them coming back and answering it are extremely slim. People do miss e-mails, but not to that degree.
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Re:Slack Closes $250M Funding Round at $5B Valuation by cloverich on Monday September 18, 2017 @11:23AM (#15276697)
I feel like threads + reply tracking could easily solve that. They already have the concept of unread items and threads, they could just add a channel / tab for DM's you haven't explicitly replied to (or acknowledged).

I feel like slack (and competitors) have a lot of room to grow still.

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Re:Slack Closes $250M Funding Round at $5B Valuation by Swizec on Monday September 18, 2017 @12:21PM (#15277199)
That sounds like you’re misusing chaty channels. This is what DMs are for. I’ve had good success with people coming back even days later to answer questions on DM.

Especially when timezones are involved

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