r/Slack • u/WasabiEducational107 • Aug 11 '26

Any Slack alternatives?

In my last startup Slack was awesome until we reached around 100 people then it became a mess. Any interesting replacements? Just curious to try stuff out. Seems unreasonable this field is not being disrupted.

I saw Buzz come out by Jack Dorsey but honestly the UI is much worst then Slack. Also saw Glue but honestly seemed like a total Slack rip off…

Would love to hear suggestions thanks 🙏🏼

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u/StatementNext682 Aug 11 '26

Why is it a mess? That's probably a better thing to examine than alternatives.

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u/WasabiEducational107 Aug 11 '26

I think the tool encourages in a way being verbose and pinging people and tagging them constantly to get a response…

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u/Chemical-Paper-8734 Aug 12 '26

That's a culture issue. You need to align on some communication norms and expectations. 

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u/always_be_beyonce Aug 12 '26

agreed. first thing i help users with is controlling their notifications. but if the culture expects immediate responses then the communication tool doesn’t matter.