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Lauren Hockenson
ReporterLauren is a reporter for The Next Web, based in San Francisco. She covers the key players that make the tech ecosystem what it is right now. Lauren is a reporter for The Next Web, based in San Francisco. She covers the key players that make the tech ecosystem what it is right now. She also has a folder full of dog GIFs and uses them liberally on Twitter at @lhockenson.
When Slack stops, it’s like the very fabric of tech productivity unravels.
The company confirmed the service is down for some users. So mandatory coffee breaks it is!
The TNW team is enjoying this foreign thing called “the outdoors” in the meantime. Will notify when things change!
UPDATE: the outage started around 5:12pm EST and remains intermittent. Slack spoke to soon to confirm things were in working order. As of 5:39pm EST, Slack said problems remain for some users, but it’s mostly back. We survived!
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