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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by egypturnash on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:07PM (#24053979)
Flickr: initially an image management/sharing tool for a 2d online game. Cut the game, kept the image sharing.

Slack: initially an internal communication tool for another incarnation of the same game. Cut the game, kept the chat.

(An incarnation of this game did briefly exist between these two, but only lasted about a year.)

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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by njj on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:09PM (#24063095)
https://www.sitepoint.com/slack-story-son-glitch/
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by strombofulous on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:18PM (#24054072)
What was the game called?
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by aniro on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:14PM (#24054569)
Glitch.
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by MontagFTB on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @07:23PM (#24055570)
I believe Slack reused some of the game’s graphics on their 404 page.
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by ZeljkoS on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:59PM (#24054940)
Fascinating! For curious, here are more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Butterfield#Career
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