Every new “future of work” startup is trying to fix Slack, which was supposed to fix email, which was supposed to fix meetings. At some point, maybe it’s not the software that’s broken. Maybe it’s work.
@Daojoan you have to remember that Slack was originally a game feature, not really a product. What is it, exactly, without any gameplay to drive it?
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@codinghorror @Daojoan imagine the disappointment of those early employees. One day you’ve been hired to work on a game! Living the dream! Then boom, “we’ve pivoted, and will now be focusing just on the chat component, and also we’re now selling it to CEOs”.
@codinghorror @Daojoan or as I like to think of it, IRC with fancy branding
@codinghorror @Daojoan It was not a game feature. It was an internal tool written by game devs to collaborate on writing games. The game company just realized that it was more likely to be successful than the game was.
C'mon. This is easily verifiable. Just stop saying things that aren't true.