Ask HN: Anyone sucessfully migrated from Slack to Basecamp?

18 points by prkvs 8 years ago | 6 comments

Migrate as in data-wise as well as process-wise. What was your experience? Our current issues with Slack are 1) keeping track of previous discussions and 2) Abandoned impromptu discussion threads without a proper conclusion

kaolinite 8 years ago |

Yes, the company I’m contracting at currently has done exactly this. We’ve kept Slack around for calls and for monitoring alerts, but other than that it’s all in Basecamp.

It has made an incredible difference. As a remote worker, I always felt stressed if I didn’t respond to a message straight away as it might appear as if I’m slacking off. With Basecamp, a delay is expected, so I finish my tasks before taking a look through my Basecamp notifications. I’m vastly more productive and far less stressed.

In addition, the proposals and comments on Basecamp are in far more detail and conversation is typically better thought out.

Could not recommend it enough.

ChiefZenOfficer 8 years ago |

Yes, we've completely ditched slack and run all process and operations via Basecamp. We even have our clients use it, very helpful for asynchro communication.

skinnymuch 8 years ago |

Would you use Basecamp’s chat? Or mostly their messaging system for communication? If the latter, I can see a case of using both. But that could also lead to people not taking Basecamp communication seriously.

ChiefZenOfficer 8 years ago | |

We use each level of communication for different reasons. (is it a quick question? Is it a well thought out idea that needs attention? Is it time sensitive?) It feels very natural and after a short period your organization falls into a groove as long as Basecamp is the ONLY method for work communication outside conference calls, etc.

matt_the_bass 8 years ago | | |

Do you have any formal guidelines of how to communicate when and which method? Or do you just figure it out organically?

prkvs 8 years ago | |

Planning to move everything to Basecamp. Having discussions in multiple places makes it difficult to track at a later point.