Choosing a chat platform for public online communities
My motivation to talk on this topic was to highlight that IMHO Slack is not the ideal platform for public communities because there are serious restrictions with the free plan. I researched some alternates to Slack and shared them through this talk.
And many other... Customers Community around your website, brand or digital service Running an Online course community Offering paid help, mentorship or consultancy Paid memberships Do checkout: https://www.mightynetworks.com/
And many other... Customers Community around your website, brand or digital service Running an Online course community Offering paid help, mentorship or consultancy Paid memberships Do checkout: https://www.mightynetworks.com/ Communities Side projects, Knowledge sharing, Open-source etc.
posts with outside world and easily accessible Emoji reactions One account instead of account per community Client apps for desktop Client apps for mobile Option to integrate with Slack (help with migration and inviting existing members) Analytics Real names (less trolling)
noise, clutter, and questionable practices - frustrating things about running a Facebook Group is the algorithm that sits between you and your members - Spectrum.chat - Discord - Discourse - KeybaseIO - Gitter
accessible without any wall, via link as well Easy to join with just one account needed Robust search, and Indexed online Thread based But still a young company: some bugs, stability issues and less fancy interface
Mac app but No mobile app Threads Indexed and discoverable Discord Older, Mature and More fancy Similar interface as Slack Mobile apps + Desktop client No Threads Impression is that is is for gamers Not indexed by Google