Ask HN: Do employees at large companies use internal forums instead of Reddit? 1 points by amichail 3 days ago Maybe they do this even when discussing non-confidential topics?
minimaxir 3 days ago Why would a company use Reddit to discuss work-related topics?Most companies have some dicussion software such as Slack/Teams, but some enterprise companies do offer forum/wiki software for collaboration (e.g. Atlassian Confluence)
dave4420 3 days ago They use Slack or Teams.There’ll be channels to talk about random stuff, or about fantasy football, or to post pictures of their cats, or whatever.I’m not sure why this is even a question?Do you have any particular topics in mind? amichail 3 days ago Why would they prefer internal forums for something not directly related to their work such as AI or philosophy say? bigfatkitten 3 days ago Because they want to discuss these things amongst the community they spend all day with, as opposed to random people on the internet. JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3 days ago They usually work so there is no time to chat about philosophy.But if you have a very specific topic around, you can create groups with Teams.
amichail 3 days ago Why would they prefer internal forums for something not directly related to their work such as AI or philosophy say? bigfatkitten 3 days ago Because they want to discuss these things amongst the community they spend all day with, as opposed to random people on the internet. JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3 days ago They usually work so there is no time to chat about philosophy.But if you have a very specific topic around, you can create groups with Teams.
bigfatkitten 3 days ago Because they want to discuss these things amongst the community they spend all day with, as opposed to random people on the internet.
JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3 days ago They usually work so there is no time to chat about philosophy.But if you have a very specific topic around, you can create groups with Teams.
Why would a company use Reddit to discuss work-related topics?
Most companies have some dicussion software such as Slack/Teams, but some enterprise companies do offer forum/wiki software for collaboration (e.g. Atlassian Confluence)
They use Slack or Teams.
There’ll be channels to talk about random stuff, or about fantasy football, or to post pictures of their cats, or whatever.
I’m not sure why this is even a question?
Do you have any particular topics in mind?
Why would they prefer internal forums for something not directly related to their work such as AI or philosophy say?
Because they want to discuss these things amongst the community they spend all day with, as opposed to random people on the internet.
They usually work so there is no time to chat about philosophy.
But if you have a very specific topic around, you can create groups with Teams.