Question 1

True or false: Slack stores messages sent to channels, allowing offline members to see them when they reconnect.

Accepted Answer

True. Slack retains messages on its servers, so any channel member who was offline will receive the message upon reconnecting.

Question 2

True or false: Slack was acquired by Microsoft in 2021 for $27 billion.

Accepted Answer

False. Slack was acquired by Salesforce, not Microsoft, in 2021 for $27.7 billion.

Question 3

True or false: Slack was originally developed as a tool for a failed online game called Glitch.

Accepted Answer

True. Slack's co-founder Stewart Butterfield created it from the internal chat system used to build the game Glitch.

Question 4

True or false: Slack guarantees 100% uptime in its service level agreement for all users.

Accepted Answer

False. Slack offers 99.99% uptime for paid plans, not 100%, as no service can guarantee perfection.

Question 5

True or false: Every Slack message is encrypted end-to-end by default.

Accepted Answer

False. Slack encrypts data in transit and at rest, but does not offer end-to-end encryption for messages. Only standard encryption methods are used, meaning Slack can access message content.

Question 6

True or false: Slack's name is an acronym for 'Searchable Log of All Communication and Knowledge'.

Accepted Answer

True. The company officially states Slack stands for Searchable Log of All Communication and Knowledge, a backronym coined after the name was chosen.

Question 7

True or false: Slack was founded in 2010 and launched publicly in 2013.

Accepted Answer

False. Slack was founded in 2009 and launched to the public in August 2013, not 2010.

Question 8

True or false: Slack once had a button that sent a physical t-shirt to your coworkers.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2016, Slack tested a feature allowing users to send real t-shirts to colleagues via a button in the app.

Slack Trivia Questions