Comment by FranklinJabar
21 days ago
Using slack makes me so depressed. The interactions we have today pale in comparison to what we had in IRC 30 years ago.
Of course I accept we're stuck with slack. I just have no clue what to write with such a limited interface. The above posted link is a great example of making the most of a tiny interface and coming up short compared to... 30 years ago
There are some great alternatives, like Zulip and Twist. Unfortunately, ~nobody uses them.
Slack Connect just has a network effect, TBH. It's hard to move away.
90% of people on IRC in the 90s used mIRC or BitchX. What features are missing in the modern slack client?
Well for one, you had control of the client. Writing extensions, bots, useful scripts was trivial. Slack is rotted enterprise and webhook laden mess in comparison