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How do you reconcile the comments you have received with the company's very recent public statement that "these communities are not something we have the capacity to support given the growth in our existing business."? [1]

[1] http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/24/slack-is-quietly-un...

I'm concerned that websites which abuse Slack like this are going to ruin Slack's free tier for those of us who rely on it for more legitimate purposes. I cannot possibly comprehend the mindset behind someone who would choose to use Slack for these purposes when IRC has existed since the 80s and accomplishes the same task much better. Nor do I understand why we are leaching onto Slack when Hipchat has existed with a similar free tier for a while now.

And it is abuse. From the company itself: "these communities are not something we have the capacity to support given the growth in our existing business." [1]

[1] http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/24/slack-is-quietly-un...

The website doesn't do a good job of explaining what it is. Essentially, you are provided with a list of 'infections' which are just funny photos or messages. You can choose to either 'stop' the infection from spreading further or 'infect' other people, propagating the message to new people whom you can geographically reach but the previous propagators could not.

It seems like the range can get pretty large. I live in the middle of nowhere. My first few images were from maybe ~5 miles away, but after using it for a bit I'm getting messages from 40-100 miles away.

You don't need an account, but it gives an option to create an account to "track" your infections as they spread.

The popularity of Yik-Yak has kind of already proven that you are objectively wrong.