Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuation of over $7B

Re:Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuat... by mechazawa on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:09AM (#17809687)

Discord has a huge image problem. I won't touch it with a 10ft stick or even mention it in a professional environment. Besides that it's very annoying that it's a complicated mess that has no real focus.

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Re:Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuat... by deadbunny on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:08AM (#17810242)

> Discord has a huge image problem. I won't touch it with a 10ft stick or even mention it in a professional environment.

Because it's aimed at gamers?

> Besides that it's very annoying that it's a complicated mess that has no real focus.

It's a chat and VOIP system, seems to do those both very well. Not exactly complicated.

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Re:Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuat... by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @12:37PM (#17811144)

It's also been latched onto by a lot of articles about the alt-right/Charlottesville, they were apparently using it for a while before they got banned there - and Discord have been subpoenad and things. Nothing that's Discord's fault (actually I don't think it's even encrypted?) but I can see why it'd get a bad look professionally based on that sort of coverage.

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Re:Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuat... by deadbunny on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:47PM (#17812551)

That is ridiculous. As you say they got banned. If them being on the platform annoys you that much didn't Discord do exactly what you wanted?

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Re:Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuat... by mynewtb on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:16AM (#17810327)

Cut them some slack.

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