Slack

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    Slack is a professional messaging app built for a business and corporate environment. Slack is a lot like Discord which was discussed in a previous post, but Slack was designed with a corporate environment in mind and doesn't have a lot of the more "gamerish" features that Discord has. Slack aims at being simple to use so a business can move their whole communication structure easily to the platform. Slack achieves this with subscribable channels. You as a user get to choose which channels that you receive notifications for. This allows communication to be split up and not aggravate people for getting notified for something they are not involved in.  
    A lot of how Slack is used is based off of Discord, so the steps are nearly identical. Instead, I'll go over how Slack is different than Discord and why you might want to use it over it or another communication tool.

Slack is more professional
    Slack is inherently more professional than GroupMe or Discord because of their target audience. Slack is build for a business environment, so there is not going to be any more laid back features or even more advanced features that the other communication tools have. Slack is purely for communication, sharing files, scheduling meetings, etc where Discord is more focused on a hangout spot for friends to chat. 

Why Slack?
    Slack is perfect for a business looking for a professional chat platform. It is easy to use, can be used for fun, and is sleek and clean. Slack also comes with several plugins such as a calendar and webhooks connecting to things like Github and remote monitoring services. 


Hopefully this blog helped you decide on whether to use Slack in your next group project. Thank you for reading!

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