News about Slack (2019)

1. Slack News 2019
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Innovators Tokyo
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Slack News 2019 Version
VIA Next Innovators Tokyo1
(Authorized Affiliate of VIA Programs2
)
November, 2019 at our Learning Cafe
1next innovators tokyo@viaprograms.org
2http://viaprograms.org/
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2. Slack News 2019
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Outline
1 Open Source Softwares
2 Slack Export
3 Products from Facebook
4 Products from Google
5 Discord
6 Band
7 Related tools
8 Conclusion
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3. Slack News 2019
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Introduction
Slack users are increasing.
Not only companies/institutes but also students are using.
Restrictions to free users may be tighten.
So we checked free/non-expensive alternatives.
Famous Slack Alternatives
Google Groups
DingDing (China Version Slack)
Microsoft Teams (Maybe Expensive)
ChatWork3
3https://go.chatwork.com/
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4. Slack News 2019
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Open Source Softwares
Open Source Softwares
Gitter (by GitLab)
Hexchat, rocket.chat, Zulip, MatterMost
Issues
Prepare server by yourself.
Export/Import Slack data
Availability of extensions
Slack→MatterMost
Private Channel & Direct Message → Export unavailable
Users
Airbus, Deloitte, Intel, NASA, NRI, Samsung, Uber,· · ·
3https://mattermost.com/customers/
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5. Slack News 2019
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Slack Export
Discord, Gitter, Rocket.Chat, Zulip can import Slack4,5
.
”Slack doesn’t export private channels or direct messages unless
you pay for Slack Plus or contact Slack support.”
”Slack doesn’t export user settings or organization settings, so
you’ll need to configure these manually.”
4https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/import/slack/
5https://zulipchat.com/help/import-from-slack
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6. Slack News 2019
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Products from Facebook
Benefits
Facebook Groups: Private group can be created
Facebook Note
Albums→ Alternative of Flickr
Member tag available.
Facebook Messenger を使える (Group Chat OK)
Issues
Account required
Subgroup may not be created
Unavailable in China
Cannot send message to yourself
PDF upload unavailable
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7. Slack News 2019
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Conclusion
Products from Facebook
Now we have a Facebook version Slack !!!
Workplace by Facebook
Starbucks, Air Asia and many others are using
Non-profits & Schools → premium plan is free
Event, markdown, subgroup, group talk is available
Issues
How can we import slack ?
5https://ferret-plus.com/7547
5https://jp.techcrunch.com/2017/05/18/facebook-workplace/
5https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1802/19/news071.html
5https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1802/19/news071 2.html
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8. Slack News 2019
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Innovators Tokyo
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Softwares
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Products from
Facebook
Products from
Google
Discord
Band
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Conclusion
Products from Google
Finished Google services
Google Code, Google, Inbox· · ·
But Google started something new !!!
New services
Google Hangouts Chat (Google version Slack)
Google One (Expensive version of Google Drive)
Caution
Google is ending free services and trying to make us pay.
5https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/166/104/22/1571911589325.html
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9. Slack News 2019
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Softwares
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Products from
Facebook
Products from
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Discord
Band
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Conclusion
Discord
Made for gamers6 (snippet, file upload OK)
Import/export between Slack-Discord 7,8
Used by Gitea developers9 (Also used in the crypto community)
Private Channel OK
Rivals (Discord seems to be better)
Skype, Ventrilo, TeamSpeak (https://www.teamspeak.com/en/)
6https://discordapp.com/
7https://discord.karmabot.chat/
8https://www.producthunt.com/posts/discord-slack
9https://gitea.io/en-us/
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10. Slack News 2019
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Conclusion
Band
New app
There are Many ads about Band
Unlimitedly free
Issues
How can we import slack ?
9https://band.us/ja
9https://blog.band.com/band-vs-slack-556d6b765de8
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11. Slack News 2019
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Softwares
Slack Export
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Products from
Google
Discord
Band
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Conclusion
Related tools
SlackDeck (Made in Japan, see also GitHub/SpeakerDeck)
Slack + TweetDeck (Google Chrome extension, Open Source)
Rambox (Open Source)
Gmail, Facebook Messenger, Outlook, Skype, Slack handled in
one app
Station (https://getstation.com/)→Free
Shift (Very Expensive)
Reinforced version of Rambox (Not only Message’s but also SNS)
9https://rambox.pro/
9https://tryshift.com/
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12. Slack News 2019
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VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Open Source
Softwares
Slack Export
Products from
Facebook
Products from
Google
Discord
Band
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Conclusion
Conclusion
Prepare your own server and use MatterMost, Gitter, Zulip etc. !!!
Here’s our website
https://sites.google.com/a/viaprograms.org/via-next-innovators-homepage/
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