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		wilmo on Sept 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook at Work is launching next month Is Facebook trying to be slack now?

basch on Sept 28, 2016 | [–]

Facebook has been working on this since before June 2014. It has been in a private beta for 2 years. https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/facebook-at-work/

spdionis on Sept 28, 2016 | [–]

Slack is for teams. Facebook at work is intended as a company-wide tool for bigger organizations, especially for everything non-development related.

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