Slack is really bad now.
Almost all ICO now moving to telegram. And it is great!
Topic: Beware of using Slack in ICO campaigns! (Read 1351 times)
We faced a problem with our Lordmancer II Slack channel. There were many scam messages every day: in private, in general channels, etc. We constantly banned those spammers, but they just registered once again (even the names were the same!). Also each day we saw new members with names like "CEO", "cofounder", etc.
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
I think you can use Slack for teammates or for people outside of the team but strictly with invitations.
I've got several messages about myetherwallet, some problem with it i don't know, and link which was in message was phishing link.
You should be very careful with slack and always double check links.
You should be very careful with slack and always double check links.
Daily there are many people sending fake emails through the slack channel and mostly ICO campaign. Sometimes we are getting after the ICO because there are many bounty people will be staying there so to steal the coins and as well as ETH also.
I had a bad experience with such slack physhing link, so since that time I just delete all slack e-mails without opening.
Most of new ICOs don't even use slack now.
Daily there are many people sending fake emails through the slack channel and mostly ICO campaign. Sometimes we are getting after the ICO because there are many bounty people will be staying there so to steal the coins and as well as ETH also.
We should avoid slack if we are new to crypto's since there are so many phising,exploits and everything out there and I'm totally annoyed to used that app since there so many Phising act pops up on my header and its so disturbing that's why I uninstalled my slack app and use telegram as my alternative.
Good to see some negative sentiment building for the usage of Slack in the crypto world. Slack is great for some things, like Internal team communication of a larger company, but I don't know how it got so popular for cryptocurrency. Channels can become a nightmare to sort through, and the lack of tying things to a phone number makes mass creation of accounts even easier. Decided to not get a company Slack early on, because the moderation appeared like too much of a nightmare.
Same troubles on Bitcointalk, Newbie Spam and such. However phone numbers are so old fashioned surveillance state, aren't they? I am not interested in any channels that require a cellphone to enter. And my smartphone from china got bugged by its manufactoring company even before packaging.People who invested livetime in their accounts are legit. Maybe there could be a currency for that. A forum coin?
In a way there had been crypto projects focusing on attention economy, currently up&running: Steem.
Seems Slack got an edge above Steem in the ways of beeing dirt cheap, so people flocked to that.
I agree to beware of Slack, because I have joined some Slack channels for ICOs, and get a lot of phishing and scam messages. So this isn't a problem with the coin, it's a problem with people exploiting Slack.
Just always be wary in general I think. A lot of this fake Slack stuff preys on fear, so don't do anything in a panic ever.
Just always be wary in general I think. A lot of this fake Slack stuff preys on fear, so don't do anything in a panic ever.
Or better yet, don't click on links from non trusted sources.
Slack doesn't force you to open the links - be smarter with your money.
If a deal sounds to good to be true, it most likely is.
Slack doesn't force you to open the links - be smarter with your money.
If a deal sounds to good to be true, it most likely is.
Slack is clearly not the right tool, and Telegram is not the right replacement to Slack - it's more of a stream of conciseness. No way to participate in groups.
I've seen Rocket Chat used by one group and Discord was just mentioned. Others in the space seem to be Ryver and Mattermost.
I wonder if Kik would be able to be good for this?
I've seen Rocket Chat used by one group and Discord was just mentioned. Others in the space seem to be Ryver and Mattermost.
I wonder if Kik would be able to be good for this?
I hate slack it is so easy for hackers to scam people... There should be some kind of decentralised chat
Why do you think it should be decentralised?
We faced a problem with our Lordmancer II Slack channel. There were many scam messages every day: in private, in general channels, etc. We constantly banned those spammers, but they just registered once again (even the names were the same!). Also each day we saw new members with names like "CEO", "cofounder", etc.
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
thanks to this very important information, but I think the spammers on the slack channel are coming more and more not just on Lordmancer II channels, spammers are starting to spread to other slack altcoins channels. Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
I hate slack it is so easy for hackers to scam people... There should be some kind of decentralised chat
We faced a problem with our Lordmancer II Slack channel. There were many scam messages every day: in private, in general channels, etc. We constantly banned those spammers, but they just registered once again (even the names were the same!). Also each day we saw new members with names like "CEO", "cofounder", etc.
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
Used the Slack it or not, participants must know that there are obvious scams. It was part of the money making system now and never it will gone. Not just in Slack but almost every platform where lots of people are engaging.
What users must do is to used their working mind and knows the obvious one. Since they engaged in ICO campaign, Im sure majority of it does have an idea about obvious shit like phishing attempt or any kind of fraudulent activites.
Quite annoying when you sign up to receive updates via slack and someone is spamming telling you to click this link and change myetherwallet. Some people actually do it and then realise it is a scam after
We faced a problem with our Lordmancer II Slack channel. There were many scam messages every day: in private, in general channels, etc. We constantly banned those spammers, but they just registered once again (even the names were the same!). Also each day we saw new members with names like "CEO", "cofounder", etc.
Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
Good to see some negative sentiment building for the usage of Slack in the crypto world. Slack is great for some things, like Internal team communication of a larger company, but I don't know how it got so popular for cryptocurrency. Channels can become a nightmare to sort through, and the lack of tying things to a phone number makes mass creation of accounts even easier. Decided to not get a company Slack early on, because the moderation appeared like too much of a nightmare. Finally we dicided to close the Slack channel. Now we use Telegram group https://t.me/lm2ico as a main communication channel.
I strongly recommend not to use Slack for ICO campaigns!
Appreantely its not only you but all the Slack channels I am part of are being hit by scammers. There should be a way to stop this else Slack will loose a lot of customers.
I think that Slack is considered to be a good tool for a team. But it works badly in case of external communications with a community.
Appreantely its not only you but all the Slack channels I am part of are being hit by scammers. There should be a way to stop this else Slack will loose a lot of customers.
No matter what the medium is, there will always be scammers. Don't ever click on any links, start a new thread to support if you get a direct message from anyone, never give out your private keys.
Good advice!
No matter what the medium is, there will always be scammers. Don't ever click on any links, start a new thread to support if you get a direct message from anyone, never give out your private keys.
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