Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects (2015)
by chrisseaton on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:20AM
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> I feel you're misrepresenting what the author actually said
There's literally a section called 'Problems with IRC that Slack solves'. And there's no 'but...' at the end of that section. It's just a list of things Slack solves. Maybe that's why people want to use it? It solves their problems?
> The author enumerates arguments (technical and not so technical) to support his thesis. You've ignored them all.
I think you've misread my comment or the thread. I wasn't providing a critique of their points... I was responding to the idea that they were equating them. They weren't - as you said, they have a list of ways they thinks IRC is better, and a list of ways they think Slack is better. So they weren't equating them.
There's literally a section called 'Problems with IRC that Slack solves'. And there's no 'but...' at the end of that section. It's just a list of things Slack solves. Maybe that's why people want to use it? It solves their problems?
> The author enumerates arguments (technical and not so technical) to support his thesis. You've ignored them all.
I think you've misread my comment or the thread. I wasn't providing a critique of their points... I was responding to the idea that they were equating them. They weren't - as you said, they have a list of ways they thinks IRC is better, and a list of ways they think Slack is better. So they weren't equating them.