![]() According to Johnny’s website, Stewart said: ![]() Johnny Rodgers, Product Architect at Slack recalls Stewart’s rationale for closing down Tiny Speck. The year is 2012, and Stewart Butterfield is witnessing his game, Glitch, heading toward failure. IM’s focus understandably was instant communication, but Slack changed the game to persistent or asynchronous chat. ![]() Slack was released around the same time, but nobody understood just how much of an important role it would play in the future of business communications. IM became popular with applications like Yahoo! Messenger, AOL, and MSN in people’s personal lives.ĭuring the 2010s, platforms like Salesforce Chatter and Skype for Business (Lync until 2015 and various versions beforehand) introduced IM apps for business with additional features like team chats and video calls. Instant messaging (IM) has evolved dramatically since Murray Turoff invented it in 1971.
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