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title: January 18th, 2024
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date: 2024-01-18, 09:18:36 -08:00
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section: journal
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via: https://bsky.app/profile/matrix.org/post/3kj4idm72jt26
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link: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-admired-and-desired-synchronous-tools
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- Matrix
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- chat
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- Discord
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- Zulip
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From [Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-admired-and-desired-synchronous-tools), “Matrix is the #1 chat tool by current users' satisfaction”
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This is of course a popularity contest, but it’s still useful.
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Matches my expectations, eg lots of awareness of Microsoft Teams, people that use it hate it. Discord is desired and loved.
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As you go down the list, it’s mostly that people haven’t heard of these tools. Zulip is an outlier — those people I know who use it really love it, and that shows up here.
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This section is called “Synchronous tools” and this was the prompt:
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> Which **communication tools** did you use regularly over the past year, and which do you want to work with over the next year? Select all that apply
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Ok, I guess I’ll need to go dig into the [Asynchronous tools](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-admired-and-desired-asynchronous-tools) next. Everything is asynchronous when you’re a multi time zone community or organization.
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