Here’s What Everyone Did Instead Of Working While Slack Was Down
By Jacob Geers
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That moment when @SlackHQ goes down and the entire tech industry is confused on how to continue their day… Is happening now #uhoh #startup
— Peter Sanchez @petersanchez@honk.petersanchez.com (@PeterSanchez) June 10, 2016
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https://twitter.com/chasepettit/status/741318822410477568
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Slack is down?! Quick, leave work before service is restored! https://t.co/QdAdwrg44N pic.twitter.com/5NE55N7ylw
— Howard Pinsky (@Pinsky) June 10, 2016
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https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/741321100416540674
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https://twitter.com/nedwards/status/741321273754583040
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I'm normally v understanding of software outages but srsly @SlackHQ, a new intern & I were JUST about to start an epic Beyonce gif exchange
— Jill Wetzler (@JillWetzler) June 10, 2016
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I sincerely hope you folks discuss the creation of https://t.co/zIOAd0PsrO during the postmortem later.
— Matt Pennig (@pennig) June 10, 2016
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https://twitter.com/barryap1/status/741323287737864192
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The entire games industry is taking a break together, presumably to prepare for the E3 event nex- what? Oh, it's just Slack that's down.
— Rami Ismail / رامي (@tha_rami) June 10, 2016
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Slack is down, which means now thousands of people are getting actual work done without the constant interruption of a endless meeting.
— Keith Smiley (@SmileyKeith) June 10, 2016
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https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson/status/741323909878816768
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https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/741328603640528896
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Super, super, super inside baseball. But: Slack is down right when a lot of people want to use Slack.
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) June 10, 2016
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Slack is down and people are walking around and talking to one another face to face and it's awful and I think I'm going to go home
— Justin Mezzell (🥃,🦉) (@JustinMezzell) June 10, 2016
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This messenger service we all use works perfectly nearly every day. Maybe we should cut it some Slack.
— Mike Prada. (PRAY-duh) (@MikePradaNBA) June 10, 2016
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I keep coming up with great jokes about Slack being down, but they would only be funny on Slack
— Queen Pisser of X (@EntirelyAmelia) June 10, 2016
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SLACK IS DOWN, REDECENTRALIZE THE WEB QUICK!!1
— yan (@bcrypt) June 10, 2016
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https://twitter.com/AdrienneLaF/status/741331155811700737
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https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/741331192021188608
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Solved the Twitter biz model problem: Slack outage service alerts.
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) June 10, 2016