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by aidenn0 37 days ago
I've long thought that we need a name for what Zulip is other than "team chat." IMO it's different qualitatively than slack/mattermost/discord/teams &c.
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tabbott 36 days ago
Yeah I've often had the same thought! Ideas are very much appreciated.

I do like our current "organized team chat" quite a bit better than the original "group chat", which would often result in confusion with WhatsApp and its equivalents.

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cyberax 36 days ago
Naming is hard! Thank you for working on Zulip, it's truly impressive!
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nicoburns 36 days ago
> IMO it's different qualitatively than slack/mattermost/discord/teams

I always think of it as being halfway between those and more traditional forums (PHPBB, discourse, etc).

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crabmusket 36 days ago
I thought of it that way too when I was onboarding into it.

When introducing new people to it, I like the topics to email threads, as they also have a subject line and replies.

It also gels with the "inbox" part of Zulip's UI.

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