> Does Slack have more of a product market fit than Teams because very few people would be disappointed if Teams stopped existing? Or is usage a better metric?
I'm coming from a lay perspective but they just seem like totally different markets. I don't know a single person who has ever used Teams voluntarily. I don't know a single person who likes Teams. But I know tons of people who use it every day, because it was bundled and cheap or convenient for their employer to install it on their machine. Meanwhile I don't currently have any Slack communities that drive me to use it, but if given a choice between Slack and Teams I'll always pick the former.
(Actually Discord is where most of my communities are now, and I'm not happy about that either; it's great for social gaming and pretty bad for text chat - although for different reasons than Teams. I am heavily engaged in Discord, and I would be happier if it ceased to exist, because it would force alternative modes to be chosen)
>I am heavily engaged in Discord, and I would be happier if it ceased to exist, because it would force alternative modes to be chosen
I'm almost on this bandwagon, I was super annoyed when all my groups from from google chats and such to discord. Now that I have to keep it around for at least one of those groups, I don't really mind, but having to initially install it and get used to it was annoying.
It's fine for friend (small, private) communities. My problem is that Discord is virtually never a good option for public communities, but it's almost always the go-to choice (because "everyone already has it").
Yeah, it's kinda weird when you are going to a conference or something (especially one that isn't inherently tech related) and discord is essentially required to get the information.
I'm coming from a lay perspective but they just seem like totally different markets. I don't know a single person who has ever used Teams voluntarily. I don't know a single person who likes Teams. But I know tons of people who use it every day, because it was bundled and cheap or convenient for their employer to install it on their machine. Meanwhile I don't currently have any Slack communities that drive me to use it, but if given a choice between Slack and Teams I'll always pick the former.
(Actually Discord is where most of my communities are now, and I'm not happy about that either; it's great for social gaming and pretty bad for text chat - although for different reasons than Teams. I am heavily engaged in Discord, and I would be happier if it ceased to exist, because it would force alternative modes to be chosen)