| ▲ | TheDong 2 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
And "discord" means "disagreement", "lack of harmony", "arguments" in English. Even weirder name for a chat application in an even more commonly used language. "Slack" associates pretty strongly with "slack off" (get no work done) too, so that one's also strange. I think "Zulip" has the best naming of all these. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | chrysoprace 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I figured Slack referred to slack in task time estimation i.e. the amount of extra time allowed in a task. Collaborating on Slack would count towards that time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The only explanation I can offer for “Slack” is that its founders and top brass have been adherents of the “parody religion” Church of the SubGenius, and have successfully interposed themselves into the everyday business machinations of a wide swath of Western businesses. Meanwhile, “Discord” wouldn’t surprise me if it were a product of the Discordians themselves, a similarly disorganized “parody religion”. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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