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I don't know, it is quite easy to search a well indexed chat for keywords in order to find important information.

• happytoexplain 6y ago
  Usually - but the cases where this is both well implemented and stores infinite history, or even very long history, is vanishingly rare.
• tspike 6y ago
  Yeah, I think the real solution here is: let's make chat permanently archived and searchable. I find it more useful searching through Slack for old conversations around a topic than searching Confluence for the same.
  • AndrewUnmuted 6y ago
    But aren't these both pretty terrible tools or storing information? Slack is an attempt at legitimizing and organizing stream-of-consciousness. It has short feedback loops and therefore cannot communicate deep research, novel concepts, nor well-cited evidence. This is the wrong way to bring the tools of the consumer to the enterprise. Nobody asked for this chat tool - Slack is something sold to somebody who doesn't want to worry about something, not somebody who wants to do something well with low attrition.
• x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
  Sounds like people are trying to asymptotically approach email functionality without actually using email. I do agree that chat stuff has a place, but it seems like the new functionality is just being copy-and-pasted from current email functionality.