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Sat, 09 Feb 2019

I vaguely remember that Facebook had/has a business-focused product that is basically just like Facebook, but without your friends/family and strictly for business. That could have competed with Slack, but the brand is too toxic. Google has Hangouts/Chat (or whatever they call it), but maybe Google Plus was a better solution. All of those products are languishing. So the morale of said story to startups is to find an original idea that's not easy, and you might just have the field to yourself. Even LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, could have played in the space. I really don't know why Slack pretty much stands alone, but it's sure good for them.

Posted: Feb 09, 2019 11:56am UTC

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I know we all hate on Slack because it went from oddity to constant nag, but it's still way, way better than email for the real-time communication that genuinely improves how we do our jobs and actually saves time and effort. I'm surprised that Google/Microsoft don't want to compete in this space.

Posted: Feb 09, 2019 11:50am UTC

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