# Mattermost vs Slack **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [July 26, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577 "2017-07-26T12:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/1 "2017-07-26T12:58:11Z")
Really struggling with Slack when using it for Long form discussion. [Came across this great article](https://medium.com/@brad.robertson/slack-threading-failure-threadfail-977859586d5a) And as a result we are going to download Mattermost on our AWS and give it a go At present we are cobbling it together by using slack and if we want a proper threaded discussion we pop over to Google Groups. This discussion software seems to be head and shoulders above Google Groups (I started using it back in 2010 and it looks as if Google have spent zero on it! Would appreciate some comments from the community about our experiences Many thanks ---
**Author:** ![JamesS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jamess/32/1434_2.png) [@JamesS](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/JamesS)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/2 "2017-07-26T13:10:21Z")
Hi Andy - looks good šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/3 "2017-07-26T13:18:34Z")
Just going to try tagging @JamesS to see what happens your end (tagging not supported in GoogleGroups) PS like the side box that pops up ---
**Author:** ![JamesS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jamess/32/1434_2.png) [@JamesS](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/JamesS)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/4 "2017-07-26T13:20:41Z")
Yes @AndyWhite247 - I enabled notifications, got the pop-up. Nice ---
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/5 "2017-07-26T13:31:49Z")
Just enabled notification and got a pop up on the Mac. I wonder if it would also work on mobile? Just downloaded the Discourse App and will have a play ---
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/9 "2017-07-26T13:38:29Z")
Is this a private reply? f`eel iā€™m missing outā€¦isnt that what we are trying to achieveā€¦a phobia ?` not sure what you mean Mark?? ---
**Author:** ![davidtaylorhq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/davidtaylorhq/32/1428_2.png) [@davidtaylorhq](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/davidtaylorhq)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/10 "2017-07-26T13:50:54Z")
I think you might be confused between Mattermost & Discourse here. The software you are reading this on right now is called [Discourse](https://discourse.org). Mattermost is closer in functionality to Slack. Discourse is closer in functionality to Google Groups (but like 10000x more awesome) But hey, why pick one when you can use both and integrate them together šŸ˜‰ > [@\[SOLVED\] Discourse integration with Mattermost](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/discourse-integration-with-mattermost/3581): > > wave Hi everyone. Iā€™m participating in the Google Summer of Code programme, working on [Discourse](https://discourse.org) (the software that youā€™re reading this in!). Iā€™ve built a plugin for Discourse called discourse-chat-integration. It allows for ā€œcross-postingā€ posts on Discourse into a number of different ā€œinstant messagingā€ applications, including Mattermost. This is great way to combine the long-form, ā€˜archive-readyā€™ conversations you may have on Discourse, with the ā€œquick fireā€, real-time nature of instant mā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/11 "2017-07-26T14:03:54Z")
Many thanks @davidtaylorhq, not sure if this is a reply just to you our a reply to the whole forum? Your post ref Discourse intergration with Mattermost looks incredibly timely. Understand the difference between Mattermost and Discourse. We are just riffing over here while our Top Tech gets it loaded onto our AWS šŸ™‚ We will now load your plug-in as well! ---
**Author:** ![davidtaylorhq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/davidtaylorhq/32/1428_2.png) [@davidtaylorhq](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/davidtaylorhq)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/12 "2017-07-26T14:15:25Z")
> [@AndyWhite247](#): > > not sure if this is a reply just to you our a reply to the whole forum That was a reply to the topic, so everyone can see it. If you want to send someone a private message, youā€™d click their avatar and then click the ā€œmessageā€ button šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AndyWhite247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/andywhite247/32/1433_2.png) [@AndyWhite247](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/AndyWhite247)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/13 "2017-07-26T14:17:07Z")
Got it, many thanks. So you can then use the quote function to provide a tad more context > [@davidtaylorhq](#): > > That was a reply to the topic, so everyone can see it. If you want to send someone a private message, youā€™d click their avatar and then click the ā€œmessageā€ button