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Replace custom chat with existing solution

Open Torgen opened this issue 7 years ago • 0 comments

From the wrap-up thread. Consider something to replace our homegrown solution. Strict requirements:

  • Embed in the blackboard
  • Its own mobile app (Android and iOS)
  • Works for team members who don't want to create an account/link one with their identity
  • API for blackboard to e.g. create channel with puzzle is created
  • Hubot adaptor or API supports realtime so we can write our own
  • Preserves history

There are other nice-to-haves, like pinning messages (which would close #281), but I think these are the drop-deads. If we can't find something that satisfies these, close as infeasible.

Options to consider:

  • Slack
  • Flock
  • Rocket.chat
  • Mattermost
  • Discord (some other teams said in https://www.reddit.com/r/mysteryhunt/comments/7s3jhe/how_does_your_team_coordinate_and_keep_track_of/ that they use it)

(More can be added.)

Torgen avatar Jan 19 '18 00:01 Torgen