But how many people will actually take note of the warning and remember it six months from now. Any posts made prior to the switch flip would not be included in the download, so there’s that. Slack says that in order to access this “private” information, the administrator must “turn on” the feature, which in turn notifies all participants. Yes, all those bad things you said about your boss on your friend’s individual channel could become part of the public company record. Slack has a plan called Plus Plan Compliance Export that allows the administrator to download everything inside a company Slack account including the message history in both private and direct message channels. Those private conversations might not be all that private. After a while, the comfort level rises and – knowing they’re in a private environment – people begin to say things they wouldn’t want their boss to hear. For example, a Slack channel for single parents so they can trade off babysitting if someone has to work late, or a channel just for women executives, or a place for disabled workers to accessibility issues. Some companies also use Slack to give specific kinds of employees a place to address their concerns. Charity: Water has a Slack channel for images of employees who happened to dress alike. Media company Slate has a channel called #Slate-Cute for cute photos of babies and puppies. Many companies also have social channels which act as virtual water-coolers. Private channels inside that URL can only be seen by people who were invited into that channel. Public channels are open and visible to anyone who has access to the main URL. Slack also sets up a private channel for each team member so you can leave a message for an individual rather than the whole group. Anyone with access to the main URL (team members) can create their own channels and make them public or private. In that respect, it beats email by a mile. Workers then leave messages in these rooms for others to see later or they can have real time text conversations with any other active member.īecause Slack works in real time, it’s great for getting quick answers to questions or solicit opinions from all members of a group. Once inside the house, you can create specific rooms or “channels”. When a company signs up for a Slack account, they’re given a URL and their own virtual house to play in. If you’re part of the rare company that hasn’t tried it yet, here’s how it works. The app, which can be run as easily on mobile as on any computer, is a cross between a posting board, a messaging app and a project management tool. With more than 3 million users spending a total of 100 million hours a month on the service, Slack is one of the hottest business tools around.

TL DR – Option allows Slack account admins to export all conversations, including your private ones!

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