Slack is actually an acronym

The name of one of the world's fastest growing messaging apps appeared pretty self-explanatory. "Slack" seemed like a simple nod to what you shouldn't be doing at work. 

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Turns out it was actually an acronym. It stands for Searchable Log of All Communication and Knowledge. 

In response to a Twitter inquiry last night, the co-founder and CEO of Slack, Steward Butterfield, explained that Slack came about as a better alternative to linefeed, the original codename for the now multibillion-dollar company. 

Yes. November 14th, 2012 (previous codename was "linefeed"):
Re https://t.co/GbFbiofkWS http://pic.twitter.com/mhdkWk16o2

— Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) September 27, 2016 Read more...

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