[FranklinJabar]

Using slack makes me so depressed. The interactions we have today pale in comparison to what we had in IRC 30 years ago.

Of course I accept we're stuck with slack. I just have no clue what to write with such a limited interface. The above posted link is a great example of making the most of a tiny interface and coming up short compared to... 30 years ago

[stavros]

There are some great alternatives, like Zulip and Twist. Unfortunately, ~nobody uses them.

[nwparker]

Slack Connect just has a network effect, TBH. It's hard to move away.

[iso1631]

90% of people on IRC in the 90s used mIRC or BitchX. What features are missing in the modern slack client?

[FranklinJabar]

Well for one, you had control of the client. Writing extensions, bots, useful scripts was trivial. Slack is rotted enterprise and webhook laden mess in comparison