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Re:Slack was hacked by tracker1 on Friday March 27, 2015 @01:17PM (#9277642)
You could do something similar with an IRC server and bots with webhooks... Just the same, they did do this, and offer a web based interface that people are more comfortable with (no need for an irc client), and does more than IRC clients do.

IT's not that anyone else couldn't do this, it's that they've done it relatively well.

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Re:Slack was hacked by chralieboy on Friday March 27, 2015 @04:22PM (#9278756)
Absolutely. It's just so much better than any IRC client. People looked at the iPhone and said "but all of this technology already existed!" That isn't the point. It had never been put together in a user-friendly way.

Slack hasn't invented anything new, but the entire product is a delight to use.

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