If you been on VHS’s IRC recently you will notice that its very quiet these days. Thats because most of the movers and shakers have moved to a VHS install of slack.
Slack got introduced during the most recent space hunt and move. We needed a way of communicating where we could share files and send push notifications to people that were not online. That combined with the integration in to http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/, and http://spacelist.ca/ for pushing ads to us made it an obvious choice.
We intended to shut down slack after we were done with the move, and migrate back to IRC. But our experience with Slack has been exceptional, its a really good service. It does most things we need much better than IRC. Its great for committees, sub groups, and ongoing projects.
One of the only drawbacks that we have found so far is the inability to allow guests to visit the VHS slack install without being explicitly invited. On IRC, users could join and leave anytime they wanted and the OPs could ban them if they became a problem. With slack you have to be invited by an admin.
When I first registered my membership, I received an automated message:
“Our membership software, Nomos, has automatically created your account. Click here to reset your password.”
When I clicked on that link to reset my password, I received a notification: “Invalid token.”
When I tried to sign in with the link you provided, I received a notification: “You need to verify your email address.”
Hey @ALPHA, hmmm I’m not quite sure about that. I think @laftho and @Jarrett know the guts of this system. If you PM me your email address, I can invite you to slack (just found out I have that power… mwhahaha)
slack.
