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Every family in the world uses IM, and Slack isn't very different from any of the hundred other options out there for group messaging. So not too surprising that families are using it.

Similarly all the other software mentioned can be used for simple calendaring, TODO lists, reminders etc., all of which most people here undoubtedly use in some form to manage their life. It's just the association of these brands with "work" that has people going WTF.

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Very few families use IM. Are you in california by chance? I doubt its even a majority with affluent families there.

Do you use SMS? iMessage? WhatsApp? These are all forms of IM. I'm from India BTW, and about half the country is active on WhatsApp.

A lot of families don't even have texting, let alone IM each other regularly on their personal computing devices.

Please don't generalize your experiences so recklessly.

That’s not realistic, messengers are much more ubiquitous than any other kind of software and are mostly used in a family/friends network. We had our local digital festival last week an we had school classes teaching seniors WhatsApp.

I'm sorry that you don't think it's realistic that not every family uses IM to stay in touch.

It's still true though, and the existence of some people who do use it doesn't nearly mean that all people use it.

I've no idea what the GP commentor is talking about. I don't know of many families that use messaging apps. Yeah, texts, a bit, but most of the families around me don't do this. Heck, most of the kids don't have cell phones until they get into HS, and event then, the phones are banned during the school day.

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