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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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1502 points JustSkyfall | 8 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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randyrand ◴[18 Sep 25 02:17 UTC] No.45284297[source]▶
Wow, Slack does not allow business customers to export their chats. WTF. Found this:

"Workspace Owners can apply for Corporate Export. This lets you export all messages (including DMs and private channels), but only if your company has legal or compliance requirements and Slack approves the request. Once approved, exports are scheduled and delivered automatically."

So they have the tech built, you just aren't allowed to use it. Who would use this piece of garbage?

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1. Kirth ◴[18 Sep 25 02:41 UTC] No.45284555[source]▶
Let's be honest; how many Slack messages or conversations older than 2-3 weeks still have value?
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2. dzhiurgis ◴[18 Sep 25 02:44 UTC] No.45284577[source]▶
Slacks biggest value is ephemeral nature. Forces you to document in proper places.
3. JambalayaJimbo ◴[18 Sep 25 02:45 UTC] No.45284588[source]▶
Slack is the first place I search for any issue at my company and I frequently take advantage of 3-4 year old threads
4. joshstrange ◴[18 Sep 25 02:45 UTC] No.45284598[source]▶
95% might have little value or zero but 5% of them are gold, it’s just not always clear which 5% is the gold until you need it.
5. mitthrowaway2 ◴[18 Sep 25 02:46 UTC] No.45284600[source]▶
In BC, engineering firms are legally required to maintain project documentation for 10 years, including slack messages.
6. novatea ◴[18 Sep 25 04:09 UTC] No.45285283[source]▶
In Hack Club, a lot. I'm a teen in HC, many projects run for months and have very valuable messages for a long time.
7. layman51 ◴[18 Sep 25 04:45 UTC] No.45285510[source]▶
I'm actually part of some Slack workspaces that are on the free plan which hides messages (including DMs) older than 90 days. It is actually quite cumbersome then because if someone sends a valuable message, I have to remember to screenshot or better yet copy-paste it into a durable spot or else I'm going to have to ask again about the same thing.
8. insane_dreamer ◴[18 Sep 25 05:00 UTC] No.45285606[source]▶
We use Slack extensively and I'm searching for info in conversations from months or even years ago regularly.