Ubiquitous work-chat platform Slack this morning rolled out a new feature, Connect DM, that allows users to send direct messages to people they don’t work with. Hours later, the company is already ...

Slack, the workplace messaging platform, debuted a new feature yesterday – called Slack Connect DMs. Users could request to be able to send a direct message to any other user, even if they don’t share ...

The workplace messaging app Slack, which seeks to "reinvent work," did an about face Wednesday after users complained a new feature took a step toward reinventing harassment. The latest addition to ...

Back in October 2020, Slack, which has made virtual chats with your coworkers so sticky that Salesforce has bid $27.7 billion to acquire it, announced a bold move. A new feature would soon let anyone ...

Earlier today Slack enabled a feature where it was possible to send a DM invite to anyone on Slack, if you know their email address. It was also possible to harass that person with a custom message.

Slack moved quickly this week to make changes to its public direct messaging feature after a backlash highlighted the potential for harassment from people sending abusive messages. The Slack Connect ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Slack became a public messaging platform this morning with the wider rollout of ...

Slack rolled out a feature Wednesday allowing users to direct message people outside their company—but the workplace chat app quickly admitted it made a “mistake” and pared back some of its ...