This seems weirdly combative and aggressive. The original question was "I don't know why people think Slack is a remote working tool" so I'd say a legitimate answer would be "Well they say so themselves in their marketing copy, maybe that's why people think they are?"

You are right, it was a bit combative.

I was responding to brown9-2 though, not bbarn.

I read brown9-2's comment as saying that Slack is a good remote tool because it is marketed that way. I am not critical of people thinking it is a good tool, but the premise that what is said in marketing messages is true per definition.

Fair enough, thanks for clarifying.

Now, when you say that you read their comment that way... did you truly read it that way? Do you actually believe that brown9-2's position is that everything that is said in marketing messages is true?

Did I truly read it that way?

Slack positioning itself as a remote working tool makes it fair to discuss if it really is a remote working tool or a remote working company, which is exactly what the person I am replying to commented about.

You are right, I read the emotion of your message wrong. I thought you meant that Slack IS a good tool for remote work because they say it is. You were reacting to the question of why people think it is.

Sorry for the hostile reaction either way, neither interpretation deserved that.

If you say something is true and you know that it isn't, you're lying. If you demonstrate that you're lying, people won't take you seriously.