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Great idea! The design is a little too "inspired" by Slack though. I would strongly recommend adding at least basic video capability in the free version, since I don't think most people (including me) are going to want to pay without even trying it out.

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Thanks! The design is still relatively simple, but that will be changing soon as I build out more of the features. There's a 7 day free trial where you get full access to Water Cooler, and after that you're downgraded to the free tier.

With that said, we're actually still finishing up the billing system so anyone signing up right now gets an extended free trial until then. I'll make a note to further advertise the initial free trial though because it's easy to miss at the moment.

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