[UPDATE] Group chat sucks for programmers, so I fixed** the issue
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Mattermost added threaded messaging to avoid this, and at least for me it works really well: https://www.mattermost.org/what-slack-might-learn-from-its-o...
Anyone can look at the Mattermost product or code base to see how we added it--open to feedback on our implementation as well.
Interesting to see what didn't work in the above ones? Also, what is with the pricing?
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at the end of the day, this type of software always revolves around "I type stuff into a textbox, it shows up on someone's screen"
nothing too crazy innovative
everything out there right now just felt bloated as hell, and not cleanly designed around the concept of real-time, threaded conversations
you can create them in most tools, but you can also mow the lawn with a pair of scissors :)
you usually wind up with 2-3 channels that turn into huge spamfests, with a horrible signal-to-noise ratio, constantly begging for your attention (at the cost of interrupting whatever you're working on)
so I just got rid of all the crap that doesn't matter, polished what was leftover, and hopefully fixed a few nasty process issues along the way :)
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an employee making $750/mo costs a little over four bucks an hour
I'd be willing to pay a high schooler half the minimum wage to make the aforementioned problems go away