blogged about slack's slow evolution into the "open plan office" of platforms: a workspace specifically built to be a loud, distracting mess under the guise of sparking "collaboration"

it's not. it's about profit, and it always washttps://t.co/z7DHFVB3BD

— drafting in the cms (@swodinsky) October 7, 2020

Slack is having an identity crisis, writes @swodinsky -https://t.co/2ykwFC1qAk

Just added to my https://t.co/Jyuo9tD9yq page on Slack:https://t.co/ZMrXMLgbTy

— Mark Hurst (@markhurst) October 7, 2020

Slack 1:1 DMs are coming. Isn't this a huge deal?

The whole "workspace" thing has always been a huge drag for me.

Butterfield: “You could put a link on your Twitter profile or a QR code on your business card that people could use to connect with you"https://t.co/klSp3ihhnO

— James Wang (@jwangARK) October 7, 2020

The ⁦@SlackHQ⁩ Connect product will be transformational. We’ve been piloting some of this functionality to connect with other SaaS leaders throughout COVID era. Super slick. Congrats ⁦@stewart⁩ and team. https://t.co/uab2bTUeVw

— zander lurie (@zlurie) October 7, 2020

Soon anyone from any company can Slack youhttps://t.co/LQAlEVQ2oL pic.twitter.com/shcaeHbJDU

— The Verge (@verge) October 7, 2020

Yesssss!!

Soon anyone from any company can Slack you https://t.co/xOc4GNOam5 via @Verge

— Mamoon Hamid (@mamoonha) October 7, 2020

Alternate title: "slack becomes email"
https://t.co/N2ytDn8n0d

— Kevin Yien (@kevinyien) October 8, 2020

Is this a threat https://t.co/SZYDKdEAKJ pic.twitter.com/L1aIzS3E3B

— nilay patel (@reckless) October 7, 2020

Slack is opening up its DM feature to let anyone from any company message you. You'll be able to share a link to let Slack users from other organizations DM you https://t.co/iLS2emnHMq pic.twitter.com/Ptg8RrM5iy

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 7, 2020

all workplace apps grow to the point where they are indistinguishable from email. this kills the app, because email already exists. https://t.co/HieDsAHJes

— Walter Hickey (@WaltHickey) October 7, 2020

Just the feature we all want.

Soon anyone from any company can Slack you https://t.co/lhW8uFlymG

— Jason “Fdim7” Williams (@JasonWilliamsNY) October 7, 2020

I was one of the first 10 people in the world to try this in beta, and I personally look forward to all businesses shutting it down immediately via their admin panel due to lawyers.

Which is a shame because it is great.https://t.co/xKteRAKPpR

— Matt 'TK' Taylor (@MattieTK) October 7, 2020

Hell https://t.co/Eow2gy1d1B

— Kayla Epstein ? (@KaylaEpstein) October 7, 2020