[cheeseblubber]

One thing that we wanted to do was to create a design that was more modern and a bit more familiar to the average Slack/Discord user. I think zulip is great but can be a bit more overwhelming. We wanted to keep a familiar UX as much as possible while giving the benefits of a thread first experience.

Secondly we are a bit more opinionated in thread management. Our inbox is designed to get to an inbox zero state. We have things like !mention vs @mention which helps with urgent vs non urgent communication.

[jeswin]

Trying to understand - how is Zulip overwhelming? I am a user of both, and I find Zulip to be way more pleasant, easier and less noisier than Slack.

The other upside of Zulip is that it is very easy to self-host.

[jovezhong]

Today I just tried Zulip, in order to join a dev community. Yes, coming from Slack/Discord background, I felt like Zulip is a bit too much

[stavros]

That sounds good, thanks!