You don’t have to use Slack to enjoy this magnificent joke at the expense of an old employer but it definitely helps
You surely won’t read a more entertaining or ingenious tale today, and you don’t have to use Slack to appreciate it, but it definitely helps.
It’s the story saved on Twitter by @thetomzone of what he did when he left gadget site Gizmodo a couple of years back. And it’s simply magnificent.
it’s been long enough for me to admit publicly that when i left Gizmodo in 2022 I changed my Slack username to “SIackbot” and G/O Media failed to detect or delete it for months pic.twitter.com/DhMsOD0SZ9
— catturd2.bsky.social (@thetomzone) February 23, 2024
And here are those screenshots in full!
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Absolutely epic.
(no, i didn't read any channels)
— catturd2.bsky.social (@thetomzone) February 23, 2024
i am releasing this SIackbot avatar under the GNU General Public License v3.0 pic.twitter.com/Olfmqj9KkK
— catturd2.bsky.social (@thetomzone) February 23, 2024
And here’s just a bit of the love people had for it.
The tips of the day made me lose it
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) February 23, 2024
As a nerd I love this. As a chat admin this is my nightmare. https://t.co/VYsGzXJ7lY
— Colin (@hoagie_fun) February 23, 2024
I love how Claire sniffed it out right away
— Jason (@JasonDFW) February 23, 2024
so genius lol made my day
— Joe Previte (@jsjoeio) February 23, 2024
Holy shit this rocks
— tina snow aegyo (@xoxogossipgita) February 23, 2024
my slack account got forgotten about for months after the first time i got laid off and i would randomly dm people as a ghost but this is such a better bit i’m jealous https://t.co/XgrXeKpm4y
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) February 23, 2024
I love this in its entirety
— Merci Grace (@merci) February 23, 2024
This is so funny it made me cry. https://t.co/P7DQDrJHFo
— Rachel Metz (@rachelmetz) February 23, 2024
This is magnificent
— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) February 23, 2024
Source @thetomzone