Slack updates Posts to bring a more professional feel to long-form messages

Slack is updating its ‘Posts’ feature, which brings formal editing tools to its chat service. Posts 2.0 is a “ground-up rewrite” for Posts, which Slack says has been left to wither since inception around the time Slack was introduced. With it, you’ll be able to do things like add headers, create bulleted lists and add checklists. Posts are also coming to Slack’s native apps (the desktop app is first, and I can verify it’s working in the Mac app). Prior to the update, Posts forced you to open a web-based editor. All posts are private until you decide to share them…

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