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Assertion Partly supported
Slack Promoted Praise While Ignoring 50,000 Complaints Online
“Slack was promoting this like Twitter wall of praise that they had, but what they didn't promote was that there was a website where there were over 50,000 comments about why people hated Slack.”
Sean Weisbrot Sep 16, 2021 ▶ 5:21 Second From the Bottom to Second From the Top in One Move
Assertion Supported
Weisbrot: Slack Workspace Owners Can Export All User Chats, Including DMs
“Because if you are in Slack, there is no private communication. There is only what happens inside of a space and the owner of the space owns your history. And even if you're having what you think is a private chat, they can export the entire history of all of …”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 12, 2022 ▶ 44:55 2 Billion People Use a Super App That Isn't One
Prediction Partly held up
Weisbrot: Butterfield will leave Slack within two years of Salesforce acquisition
“I imagine he may spend the next two years just staying on a CEO working on who's going to replace him so he can become chairman. Chances are that'll be someone from Salesforce walking in for like maybe some VP somewhere will end up running Slack in two or thre…”
Sean Weisbrot Dec 3, 2020 ▶ 47:22 The Secret Weapon That Quietly Beats Every Competitor
Assertion Partly supported
Weisbrot: Slack Is Losing Almost $200 Million a Year
“And they're basically losing like almost two hundred million dollars a year right now.”
Sean Weisbrot Dec 3, 2020 ▶ 19:47 The Secret Weapon That Quietly Beats Every Competitor
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