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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Slack does not spark joy. Discord sparks joy, but wants to sell me microtransaction Orbs. Microsoft Teams...no. Is there a product that feels like it's made with love, but which is not going Corrupt and Evil?

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Hugo Montenegro@uwwgo• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear just dont buy nitro discord is amazing; except for replies notifying you loudly

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @uwwgo

@uwwgo i have zero issue paying for the product, i don't care about nitro, nitro is fine. This is the kind of garbage I'm talking about here: https://t.co/pijG0YQbDM

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Neil@starshipneil• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Discord sparking joy is a new one. Product as in a communication application only?

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @starshipneil

@starshipneil Discord is fun to use. It has some quirks, but it's clearly made by people who want software to be fun to use. Consumer products kind of have to do that.

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lex@notaleksey• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear irc

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @notaleksey

@notaleksey This may be the answer...is there a decent modern IRC client that's still supported? I haven't used it since the mIRC days.

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Jeffrey Emanuel@doodlestein• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Discord sparks dread in me. Slack has a much better interface for my money.

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @doodlestein

@doodlestein TBH neither of them is great. Slack just feels increasingly designed-for-IT-departments which means its slowly drifting away from what I want and care about.

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berberscribe@berberscribe• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Telegram

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @berberscribe

@berberscribe Telegram does not do the Thing required here

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Hephaistos Fnord@HephaistosF• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear No, because "sparking joy" is precisely the signal that attracts the parasites that turn something Corrupt and Evil.

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @HephaistosF

@HephaistosF Probably true sadly

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supercollider@supercollider_x• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear it has surprised me that discord doesn't offer a "discord for business" tier maybe it's not their thing. they are consumer. but yes, they have been becoming more and more gamified. maybe they could recoup costs by offering more "private" packages...

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @supercollider_x

@supercollider_x yes that would probably work but they seem to be moving the opposite direction

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Loopy@strangestloop• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear kat! i am curious if u could wax poetic about slack. does it spark joy?

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Rishu Kumar@rishdotuk• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Mattermost

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @rishdotuk

@rishdotuk Their website makes it look like it’s a defense contractor?

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Anna Gát 🧭@TheAnnaGat• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Ours...

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @TheAnnaGat

@TheAnnaGat For workplace coordination?

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Amitt@amittm• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear @roam is what you’re looking for.

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @amittm

@amittm @roam Even for in-person rather than remote?

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Francesca@allthelambdas• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Discord sparks joy? Discord has one of the worst UIs of any major app. It’s total garbage. It does not spark joy. Slack is awesome. Slack sparks joy.

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @allthelambdas

@allthelambdas Let’s be honest neither of these pieces of software is great.

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Kevin@KevubASelene• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear @allthelambdas Go build a better one then

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Treechat@treechatai• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear chat with pkm powers

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Treechat@treechatai• 4 months ago

Replying to @treechatai

being able to infinitely branch lets you infuse your conversations with structure so you can organize your thinking, conversations, business... we run our entire business in the Private stream... every project is just a thread... simple yet powerful, like roam for chat https://t.co/mVeElYZdQS

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

Winning option: RETVRN https://t.co/hVfKcgCAly

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Feifan Zhou@FeifanZ• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Slack sparks slack; Discord sparks discord

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vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Mattermost? Locally hostable and has a FOSS version, and quite feature-complete.

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Emmett Shear@eshear• 4 months ago

Replying to @eshear

Slack does not spark joy.

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