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Slack vs. HipChat

We tried Slack for one week. Here's what went down.

Sorry, this product was removed from the homepage with this note: This is a longform blogpost/content marketing - not a product
by Bram Kanstein (@bramk) (Creator of @startupstash)

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Ed Shelley
@mr_ed · @ChartMogul, @ Berlin Startup Radio
What makes this a product? Just because it's got its own domain? At the most it's a longform blog post, and some (admittedly quite good) content marketing for Crew.
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Mikael Cho
@mikaelcho · Founder of Crew | Creator of Unsplash
Hey everyone, I’m Mikael founder of Crew. A few weeks ago we tested Slack for a week after using HipChat for over a year. We created this site, slackvshipchat.com, with a rundown of everything during our test week. We polled our team on Day 1 and Day 7 to determine a winner and we tracked everyone’s likes and dislikes along the way. We created this little… See more
Cole Mercer
@colemercer · Product @ SoundCloud
This is well done and all, but this isn't a product. Is Product Hunt now a promotional stop for anyone that has access to submit? In this case it just seems to be a thinly veiled advertisement for Crew.