At low volume that's true. Slack stays easy to use, keep up with, &c at high vol...

fs111 · on March 8, 2017

The exact same can be said about HipChat, yet it receives no hype at all..

Navarr · on March 8, 2017

I would not say the exact same about HipChat, any more than I would say the exact same about Microsoft Teams.

I've had the (fortunate?) opportunity to use both, and neither of them feel like they do as good of a job.

I even used HipChat first, so it's not just bias. (Wanted to stay in Atlassian tools)

So perhaps it's just the added polish Slack seems to have?

I know the Hipchat for Android app was god awful. Just the worst.

Microsoft Teams didn't consistently scroll down automatically for new messages when you were already at the bottom for quite some time - supposedly that's fixed now.

Perhaps the example you should bring up is "MatterMost" - though I certainly have not used that.

abricot · on March 8, 2017

Because HipChat sounds like a sex thing. I'd feel silly talking about it in professional company.