As frustrating as it is when your phone is buzzing uncontrollably between the hours of 12 a.m. and 8 a.m., it is undeniable how convenient the app makes communication, even with strangers. For example, my whole apartment complex has a GroupMe with 546 members. I definitely take advantage of the mute feature with that one, but it is so simple to write in that GroupMe if I ever had a question or maybe just needed to borrow some sugar from a neighbor. Is that GroupMe conversation really necessary? Probably not. However, it is an easy way to distribute information about any incidents happening in or around the complex, and I constantly find myself checking it just to be in the know. While many college students love to pretend like they do not care to be in know, they always do. I believe this is one of the reasons why GroupMe is so popular among college students in the first place.
Though, this leads me to the question, what happens after we graduate? As everyone starts to enter the real world, the importance of making so many various group conversations with different people fades, and communication with your co-workers throughout the day about different projects will start to take over. The solution for such a switch? It's Slack.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with Slack, it is curiously similar to GroupMe. Instead, the focus is just more on having different conversations or "channels" with various people from the same "team." This is opposed to GroupMe, which is more focused on making various group conversations with different people in every group. Slack also makes it simpler to send documents or pieces of code; whereas, it is more likely to be sharing pictures and videos over GroupMe. Those being the main differences between the two applications will bode well for millennials starting to enter the workplace. Slack is familiar, yet professional, which is something recent college grads would love to get on board with.
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Great post! Ironically, I am in that giant complex GroupMe with you, I share the same love/hate relationship with it. It's necessary, but not at all times of the day. I have never heard of Slack before, but it sounds like a step in the right professional direction after graduation. It sounds like it would be helpful in the workplace when sharing ideas and insights.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting idea! I haven't really thought about how our social media habits are going to undoubtedly change after graduating. I've never heard of Slack before, and it makes me think about how many different competitors or versions of GroupMe will emerge in the future. Every social media platform wants to be better than the rest!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think about how much will change after graduation! I love GroupMe so much and I feel as if it has even brought some friend groups closer together. I have never heard of Slack before, but that is definitely interesting and I will be sure to keep my eye out for that when I am in the "real" world.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I never thought about the difference in social media after graduation. Slack is something new to me and I will definitely be looking into it.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered what will happen to our half-beloved half-hated GroupMe chats after graduation. I could see Slack becoming a more useful tool in casual work environments, which are (thank God) growing increasingly popular! It almost looks like Twitter's layout, which gives it that true connectedness that a lot of millennials are looking for as well. Great article!
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