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TwinCities · 05-16-2015, 11:05 AM

It seems like https://slack.com/ is hot right now with it being deployed and used among teams in many mainstream companies to communicate. Looks like there is a lot of 3rd party functionality that hooks into your various channels too. Anyone here rely on this tool?

brandonstills · 05-16-2015, 12:36 PM

I use it at my day job. It works fine and gets the job done. There's a lot of hype around it that I think is unwarranted. Hipchat works just as well and has integrations for pretty much everything you need. Both have an API so you can create your own automation, notifications, and bots as well.

TwinCities · 05-16-2015, 02:01 PM

We were actually considering Hipchat as well. Slack seems like the winner in the category and I tend to like to go in that direction. Hipchat does look compelling though.

Babaganoosh · 05-16-2015, 02:23 PM

We tried it briefly but nobody really understood why we needed it. It seemed like a bunch of hype. We're back to XMPP most of the time.

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TwinCities Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 492	Does anyone here use Slack with their team? It seems like https://slack.com/ is hot right now with it being deployed and used among teams in many mainstream companies to communicate. Looks like there is a lot of 3rd party functionality that hooks into your various channels too. Anyone here rely on this tool?

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brandonstills Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chatsworth, CA Posts: 1,964	I use it at my day job. It works fine and gets the job done. There's a lot of hype around it that I think is unwarranted. Hipchat works just as well and has integrations for pretty much everything you need. Both have an API so you can create your own automation, notifications, and bots as well. __________________ Brandon Stills Industry and programming veteran [email protected] \| skype: brandonstills \| ICQ #495-171-318

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Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	We tried it briefly but nobody really understood why we needed it. It seemed like a bunch of hype. We're back to XMPP most of the time. __________________ I like pie.

05-16-2015, 02:01 PM	#3
TwinCities Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 492	We were actually considering Hipchat as well. Slack seems like the winner in the category and I tend to like to go in that direction. Hipchat does look compelling though.