Dgraph - Ripping off the slack bandaid

Blog post: https://dgraph.io/blog/post/dgraph-shutting-slack-using-discourse/

Ripping off the slack bandaid

Some of their points

Slack does not help build a Knowledge Base

Slack did not produce more engagement for us

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Experts are the fuel for communities, Slack burns them out

Slack does not create a consistently incredible user experience

This point was related to how they are a small team and Slack expects immediate responses which isn't realistic for them.

Slack does not support open communication

See shy of public channels

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Slack is a black hole of information


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