Does Slack live up to the hype?

Meh. Bloated even in-browser, and don't get me started on the "we-bundled-another-browser-for-you" mess that is passed up as a standalone app.

As for the purpose, it sort-of works for chat - but searching it for an older snippet of conversation is downright painful.

found and posted here. I strongly disagree, but I'm curious to see other opinions.