Facebook Workplace Discussion - Facebook for internal business communications

[BigRomeDawg]

<div class="bbWrapper">Facebook just released Facebook Workplace, essentially Facebook for Business. <br /> <br /> Our team is becoming more spread out and I like to jump on every little improvement we can make to our team&#039;s communications. Thinking it may replace Slack for us.<br /> <br /> What does everyone else think about it?<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/workplace/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">Workplace by Facebook - Change the way you work</a></div>

 

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[hughjasle]

<div class="bbWrapper">What is slack lacking for you and your team and does FB solve those issues? If not, why change? My team has been mostly remote for a long time. We like slack, not sure if FB would be any different.</div>

 

[Startup A Month]

<div class="bbWrapper">While I do not like Slack, you are better off not using Facebook. Here are few reasons:<br /> -Facebook should be for personal life, not work life. People by default do not trust how secure their conversations are - it is Facebook, they will be afraid it will get shared by mistake<br /> -Facebook have enough of data already. Call me crazy, but it was proven so many times that FB works with a government agencies volunteer - are you sure there will be no information shared that can compromise you?<br /> -Biggest downside - if your Facebook account gets removed (it happens sometimes without doing anything bad - Google it) you will lose all your conversations, history, everything.<br /> -In the case of the lawsuit - will Facebook protect you or give away all your conversations? The company that is made to cater for business cannot do this as this would kill it - FB can do it no problem.</div>