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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by cimmanom on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:44AM (#17408025)
What backup methods of communication are distributed teams using when Slack goes down?
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by neuromantik8086 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:02AM (#17408158)
My group uses Roman fire signals [1].

[1] http://www.romanobritain.org/8-military/mil_signalling_syste...

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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by rinchik on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:55PM (#17410777)
this is a greatly underrated comment.
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by philg_jr on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:55AM (#17408103)
IPoAC (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149)
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by geerlingguy on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:52AM (#17408081)
Email, if it's actually important. Then if emergency, you can always hop on IRC, Skype, Messages/SMS, etc.
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by gtsteve on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:04AM (#17408177)
All my team also uses Zoom, so we just switch to a group on Zoom when Slack goes down. It's not quite as nice as Slack but it gets the job done.
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by cagrimmett on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:46AM (#17408042)
My team uses Voxer threads as backup during times like this. We also use Voxer when it takes too long to type explanations out on Slack.
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by jekrb on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:54AM (#17408092)
Secure Scuttlebutt
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by bobx11 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:00AM (#17408141)
Is this a bob reference??
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by bovermyer on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:34AM (#17408419)
https://github.com/ssbc/secure-scuttlebutt
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by dev360 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:46AM (#17408044)
Message in a bottle
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Re:Slack outage: Connectivity issues affecting all workspaces by popularextasy on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:07AM (#17408211)
RocketChat - Self-hosted, not backup, primary. Outage like this validates that decision.
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