Re:Slack Is Quietly, Unintentionally Killing IRC
by Mithaldu on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @04:28PM
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As a counterpoint: I am in 78 IRC channels. I've never seen slack mentioned anywhere aside from here on hackernews. I suspect it's not actually converting any long-time users, but only being an effective draw on people who like the new and shiny.
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Re:Slack Is Quietly, Unintentionally Killing IRC
by owenwil on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @04:34PM
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Right, but this is kind of the point. Because Slack is more approachable for the masses, it wins in these scenarios. It doesn't need to convince the longtime IRC users to move across, just the ones that see barrier to entry on IRC as enough of an issue to make the switch. Exactly what happened in Wordpress' situation, it seems.
Re:Slack Is Quietly, Unintentionally Killing IRC
by chaosfactor on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @09:33PM
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I am a long time IRC user and I have been hanging out in the digital nomads slack channel. I've also used Slack at a couple of jobs.
Slack has nifty features like integration with tools, and inline gifs, etc. But the really nice thing is that it feels a little more human. Everyone knows that IRC turns people into jerks. Slack won't completely prevent that, but it does help to promote the feeling of community. It's made for teams, so it's kind of designed around it.