Question to the Fediverse:
What are good Open Source Slack or Discord alternatives?
And what are the features you see as mandatory for a team communication platform?
Here I have to confess that I myself never got the hang of Slack. I always felt overwhelmed. So I feel completely unqualified for judging alternatives 🤪
I'm old, I am pretty much out of teammy orgs and their tools.
I remember that #Slack was good for agreeing on which bar we were going to gather at.
France will replace US’s Teams and Zoom for ‘sovereign control’.
France will replace the American platforms Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform Visio, which will be used in all government departments by 2027, the country announced on Monday.
#France #DigitalSovereignty #Visio #Microsoft #Zoom #Teams #Gmail #Slack #Cloudcomputing #Tech #Europe
France will replace US’s Teams and Zoom for ‘sovereign control’.
France will replace the American platforms Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform Visio, which will be used in all government departments by 2027, the country announced on Monday.
#France #DigitalSovereignty #Visio #Microsoft #Zoom #Teams #Gmail #Slack #Cloudcomputing #Tech #Europe
Zulip organized team chat has now been an open-source project for 10 years! 🎉 🐙 Check out stories from our community about what Zulip has meant to folks! https://blog.zulip.com/2025/11/24/zulip-ten-years/
“Zulip has helped raise my standards in countless ways when it comes to what excellence looks like.”
“Zulip is part of my doorbell.”
"Mentorship is woven into the very fabric of the community.”
"Zulip was the cherry on the cake when it came to having a dedicated “privacy oriented” chat service for my family.”
+more
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@zulip/115612910439118165
Just realised that #Zulip (a #Slack equivalent) is on Mastodon!
Have you tried it, if so do you like it? I'm thinking that #NeuroMethods could maybe move there (at some point in future)...
Dock – Slack minus the bloat, tax, and 90-day memory loss
They will never have enough data about you.
They will always ask for more.
That's how they feed the billionaires.
Leave and delete corporate social media.
Before they eat you whole.
#Facebook #X #Instagram #Reddit #Threads #Bluesky #LinkedIn #Slack #Discord #YouTube #TikTok #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy
Slack shows a GIANT pop-over, BEGGING people to use the AI features, and provides no way to dismiss the pop-over.
Slack shows a GIANT pop-over, BEGGING people to use the AI features, and provides no way to dismiss the pop-over.
What do people recommend as an instant chat platform (equivalent to #Slack, #Discord, i.e. with threads and public vs private channels, possibility to post photos and documents, something that you'd use at work to keep track of complex discussions & decisions) that doesn't have nor plan to add any #genAI "training" or "functionalities"?
I thought #Mattermost might be good but it turns out they also have genAI stuff.. (https://mattermost.com/pricing/)
#TechIsShitDispatch
It's been more than a year since #Debian #Linux deprecated the insecure #SHA1 hash algorithm in #APT repositories.
The #Keybase, #Slack, and #Dropbox repositories (I'm sure among others) are still using SHA1, and therefore for over a year they have not worked in Debian without changing the default APT policies to allow them.
I know Slack knows about this, because I told them. A year ago.
Why haven't they upgraded the security on their repository?
Seriously, wtf?
#infosec
#TechIsShitDispatch
It's been more than a year since #Debian #Linux deprecated the insecure #SHA1 hash algorithm in #APT repositories.
The #Keybase, #Slack, and #Dropbox repositories (I'm sure among others) are still using SHA1, and therefore for over a year they have not worked in Debian without changing the default APT policies to allow them.
I know Slack knows about this, because I told them. A year ago.
Why haven't they upgraded the security on their repository?
Seriously, wtf?
#infosec
heh. our #slack #huddle says it "Couldn't load thread".
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/slack_could_not_load_thread.png
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
heh. our #slack #huddle says it "Couldn't load thread".
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/slack_could_not_load_thread.png
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
That feeling when you add a reaction emoji to a Slack message and you see other reactions have their numbers rise but no one else clicks on your reaction.
the feature we all need in #Slack is here!
"
Make Slack spooky
We've been in the laboratory cooking up moments of fright for Slack available for the rest of October
- 🕯️ Start a ghoulish meeting
- 🤡 Set a silly status
- 🕸️ Choose a stranger them
< Surprise Me >
Your Slack will return to its normal state when the clock strikes midnight on November 1.
"
💰 Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase
｢ Salesforce (a $230 billion company) is strong-arming a small nonprofit for teens, by providing less than a week to pony up a pretty massive sum of money, or risk cutting off all our communications. That’s absurd ｣
