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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
This is awesome, even if a little ironic considering Slack meant to reduce email.
However, Slack doesn't provide an easy way to chat with external people easily. You can invite them into a specific room but there's a ton of friction in doing so.
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Rian Van Der Merwe
@rianvdm · Product Manager, Wildbit
I work with Derek at Wildbit, and we love this tool internally. We're a mostly-remote team who try to be respectful and honor Slack DND and offline times. The ability to quickly email someone from inside Slack instead of sending them a DM really improved how mindful we are about those boundaries.
Garrett Dimon
@garrettdimon · Past Curator of Sifter
We've been test driving this internally at Wildbit, and it's a dream. At first glance, it feels like such a simple idea, but it's one of those things that has really paid off in terms of reducing interruptions in Slack. It's a deceptively powerful tool for teams that really care about reducing interruptions so everyone can focus better.
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Kevin Leneway
@kleneway · CTO / Co-Founder, Haiku Deck
Cool idea, this is great for bridging the gap between co-workers who prefer email vs slack for 1 on 1 communication.
Marc Perel
@marcperel · Coded LayersWP. Co-founded Obox.
Looks like a great tool for rapid team communication.