I use slack for work. The Apache Mahout project has been using it as well.
There is a huge danger of off-list discussions that go unreported (as with IRC, but seemingly more so because of a better interface and easier access to one-on-one conversations). The problem is not the tool itself or the people, it is just the social drift that happens and which must be forcefully counter-acted. On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Achim Nierbeck <bcanh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Same here using slack at work and irc for apache chats > > Regards, Achim > > sent from mobile device > Am 06.08.2015 9:33 nachm. schrieb <beancinemat...@gmail.com>: > > > I use Slack at work, but favor the openness of IRC for everything else. > > > > Mo > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 6, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Peter Hunsberger < > peter.hunsber...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Outside of Apache, the NEO4J project uses Slack. It seems pretty > active > > > with a pretty global user base. > > > > > > Peter Hunsberger > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> I’m curious who here also uses Slack. Besides me, that is. > > >> > > >> One thing I’m interested in is, How global is its reach? > > >> > > >> -louis > > >
