How to launch when the app directory rejects you

If the slack app store rejected it, how can they still sign up customers for it?<p>So I guess the slack app store is just a directory, and you can still integrate with slack without being listed in their app store?<p>The article would be a bit easier to understand if it explained this.

Yikes. Love the app idea. I hate the first use case shown. I&#x27;ve never gotten anything helpful from a CEO&#x2F;manager slacking me, &quot;How are you doing?&quot; At best I have to stop doing what I&#x27;m doing and respond relativity quickly so I seem attentive to this superior. Normally there is no purpose to the interaction so it just feels like wasted time and more wasted time due to context switching.<p>At it&#x27;s worst it turns into a checking in conversation with some critique that would be better suited for a phone call or in person meeting.<p>Advice to CEO&#x27;s&#x2F;Managers: The how are things going slacks do not feel like a personal chat. Create a culture where people will ask for help and guidance when they need it and let them do their work.

I don&#x27;t quite understand why someone would use this instead of @general. Just to make it sound more personal?

Went through a similar experience with our own Slack app. We had created a fairly popular app called &quot;Export&quot; for exporting channels from Slack in a variety of formats. It was an approved Slack app for several years before being summarily expunged from the directory when Slack changed their terms of service.<p>Surprisingly, not being listed in the Slack App Directory is not a death sentence. It just means you have to invest in alternate discovery channels.<p>Speaking of, the link for Slack Export is:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;export.fountstudio.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;export.fountstudio.com&#x2F;</a>

I don&#x27;t like it when companies make you accountable to messages made on slack

At first sight, the ability to mass DM individuals on Slack, with all the recipients hidden from each other, just sounds wrong.<p>However, as Slack positions itself as the new email, and once we remember that email has had bcc since forever, this app&#x2F;feature no longer appears so sinister anymore.

The post title is a bit misleading. Most people hear &quot;App Store&quot; and think of Apple&#x2F;Google, but this is actually referring to the Slack App Directory.

Looks like the post ended up being removed for no other reason than the title :&#x2F;<p>Would you mind upvoting the new submission:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23780314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23780314</a><p>Thanks for the comment!!

As someone who has a Slackbot in the Slack App Directory (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;retrochat.xyz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;retrochat.xyz</a>) I can see why Slack is hostile. The reason is most likely UX.<p>On the other hand, I have to command the author for their lead research and a nice blog post. Way to go :)