Question. What is the value of slack at that point? It seems, as someone with no experience with this setup, that it’s just notifications? Couldn’t your threaded system just poll more?
It's a good question and I don't have the answer, beyond that there is a lot of value to it; if we lost Slack, it'd be a big problem, even though the board works really well.
There is something to being able to just randomly vent or muse on Slack and have a conversation organically pick up --- or not pick up, it's the optionality that's maybe important? Whereas, every message board post feels like an appeal for feedback and discussion, and so requires just a bit more activation energy.
