Twitter acquires Slack's rival 'Quill', a few days left until data deletion



It turns out that Twitter, which relaunched under Parag Agrawal, who took office on November 30, 2021, has acquired Slack's rival messaging service Quill.

Twitter + Quill --Quill --Messaging for teams that focus
https://quill.chat/updates/2021-12-07-quill-twitter/

Twitter acquires messaging platform Quill to make DMs suck less --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/7/22822184/twitter-quill-messaging-platform-dms-slack

Quill updated his official blog on December 7, 2021, saying, 'I think the communication tools we use should be better, so today we're thinking more about online communication. We are announcing that we will pursue the original purpose of 'making it deeper and more effective' together with Twitter. '



Quill is a business messaging platform like Slack that features the ability to limit Slack's capabilities, which can be a waste of time. In addition, the channels were structured so that you could concentrate on the conversation, and there was also the ability to split the thread of the message into another conversation.

The terms and amount of this acquisition are unknown. In addition, Quill will be closed at 13:00 on December 11, 2021 (6 o'clock on the 12th of Japan time) and immediate data will be deleted, so Quill will call on users to export messages and user information. I am. In addition, the full amount will be refunded to active users when the service ends.

Nick Caldwell, Twitter's general manager of technology, said: 'Quill founder Ludwig Pettersson and his talented team have created Quill as a fresher and more thoughtful way to communicate. Their experience and creativity. I would like to make use of Twitter to make messaging tools such as direct message (DM) more convenient and expressive. ' Was shown.

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