Adam Engst:
As it stands now, free teams are restricted to being able to see the last 10,000 messages chronologically and access the most recent 5 GB of files. (Compare that to the Pro plan’s unlimited messages and 10 GB of files per user.) A free plan can connect up to 10 apps (against unlimited integrations in the Pro plan) and engage in one-to-one voice and video calls (compared to the Pro plan’s group calls with up to 15 people). Come September, free plan restrictions will change to provide access to only the past 90 days of message and file history, regardless of number or size.
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However, when I examined my assumptions—that the change would affect my use of Slack and that Slack was trying to push more free teams to convert to paid teams—I found that my initial irritation didn’t hold up under scrutiny.
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I honestly can’t remember the last time I searched in Slack, in any of my teams or other public teams.
Some teams are switching to Discord, which is essentially free.
Previously:
Update (2022-10-07): Tim Abbott (via Hacker News):
Moreover, many teams have decided to abandon Slack altogether. […] We know this because we run Zulip, an open-source alternative to Slack. Organizations migrating to Zulip can import message history from Slack and other popular team chat tools. We have seen data imports from Slack into Zulip Cloud increase an incredible 40x since Slack’s July 18 announcement!
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There’s one unanswered question that is central to understanding Slack’s marketing claim: what exactly is an “active” team?
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John Gruber:
The edit-a-message-you-just-sent feature, intended for fixing typos or mistakes, has been tweaked. The time limit for editing is now 15 minutes, sent messages can be edited up to five times, and the recipient of an edited message now has the ability to see the edit history by tapping the small “Edited” label under an edited message.
Undoing sent messages is now implemented too, with a two-minute time limit. […] On the recipient’s device, if they’re using MacOS 13 or iOS 16, the unsent message just disappears, but it’s replaced by a small-print status message that says “Sender Name unsent a message”.
Recipients do not get notifications for edits or unsends.
Update (2022-08-10): John Gruber:
This makes me wonder whether fears about unsending with iMessage are overblown. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging service in the world, and they’re expanding the grace period for unsending. Perhaps Apple will loosen this period over time, too?
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Jhonatan Avalos (tweet):
Tool for avoiding using the URL(string:) initializer with optional result, instead introducing a compile time URL validity check. Note, this does not check for website availability, but if the URL is formatted correctly.
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If a file contains the comment // safeurl:warn, invalid URLs in this file will be compiled and will show a warning instead of an error.
It’s cool how straightforward it is these days to write little plug-ins that leverage and extend the compiler.
See also: JP Simard.
Previously:
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John Gruber:
If you haven’t been paying attention to Instagram lately, they’ve been steadily dialing up the algorithmic content users see in their feeds, especially video. More stuff in your feed from accounts you don’t follow, selected by machine learning algorithms, at the expense of stuff from people and brands you have chosen to follow. To top it off, they recently rolled out a limited test to a small — but not that small — number of users that turned those users’ timelines into something basically like TikTok: full-screen videos (and some images) that you go through one at a time.
Casey Newton:
Instagram will walk back some recent changes to the product following a week of mounting criticism, the company said today. A test version of the app that opened to full-screen photos and videos will be phased out over the next one to two weeks, and Instagram will also reduce the number of recommended posts in the app as it works to improve its algorithms.
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The changes come amid growing user frustration over a series of changes to Instagram designed to help it better compete with TikTok and navigate the broader shift in user behavior away from posting static photos toward watching more video.
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Mosseri made clear that the retreat Instagram announced today is not permanent. Threats to the company’s dominance continue to mount: TikTok is the most downloaded app in the world, the most popular website, and the most watched video company.
Nick Heer:
My own Instagram use went to near-zero after I received these changes. I am surely not representative of the wider Instagram user base, but it does not surprise me that enough people found it revolting to affect the company’s metrics.
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I would not bet on seeing fewer posts in your feed over the long term from accounts you do not follow; these changes are still coming, just later.
Previously:
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