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Riot is now Element

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550 points J_tt | 2 comments | 15 Jul 20 07:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source
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x87678r ◴[15 Jul 20 12:27 UTC] No.23844181[source]▶
I still dont understand why Slack is popular when there is a free open source solution matrix/riot/element that works just as well.
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1. fb03 ◴[15 Jul 20 12:48 UTC] No.23844400[source]▶
Even if you wanna still keep 'proprietary', there are better alternatives to Slack, like Discord.
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2. Karunamon ◴[15 Jul 20 13:13 UTC] No.23844691[source]▶
I wouldn't call Discord "better" for enterprise. No SSO, bad uptime, no paid support, very few business-related third party integrations, and more.