This post is completely disregarding the ease-of-use of Slack (and other silo'ed chat rooms), mainly due to it's pretty monolithic structure.
Yes, there are many things that Slack does that _can_ be done with IRC, but they require significantly more coordination between various parts than Slack. I'd love to see an alternative to Slack not just a clone, as easy to use and administer, and built on an open protocol. Individual teams should be an easy entry point for a tool like that.
Yes, there are many things that Slack does that _can_ be done with IRC, but they require significantly more coordination between various parts than Slack. I'd love to see an alternative to Slack not just a clone, as easy to use and administer, and built on an open protocol. Individual teams should be an easy entry point for a tool like that.