Versus Slack, it was an easier sign-up process for ad hoc communities. You could just have people sign up instead of going through an approval process. (Slack’s approval process could be automated with third-party tools, but it was a hack. Slack was meant to be a specific group of known people.)
It’s definitely marketed that way, but I’m on a few Slacks that are just small, private groups. It’s private by default while Discord is public by default.
Versus Slack, it was an easier sign-up process for ad hoc communities. You could just have people sign up instead of going through an approval process. (Slack’s approval process could be automated with third-party tools, but it was a hack. Slack was meant to be a specific group of known people.)
I always thought Slack was just for businesses
It’s definitely marketed that way, but I’m on a few Slacks that are just small, private groups. It’s private by default while Discord is public by default.