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by MuffinFlavored 1453 days ago
> Slack prioritises whoever is first to reply and no one wants to read a 50+ message thread to figure out if they have relevant input.

But they want to read a long e-mail thread?

2 comments

Not nessesarily, but it tends to be slower moving and each element in the thread tends to be larger and better thought through. I find this means they tend to end up shorter as a result when you skip all the email signatures. There's also less sense of urgency to reply as well meaning you can set aside some time rather than feeling like you're missing out on the slack thread which may still be moving.

Other tools can work as well like shared documents if the content/context is several pages or something.

I think Basecamp nails the compromise between email and Slack (I’m sure there are other tools similar to Basecamp that also do a good job)