# Why We Will Miss Quill 🪶

By [ric.eth mirror](https://paragraph.com/@ric) · 2021-12-15

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The news of Quill’s acquisition is bittersweet for me. On the one hand, I am over the moon for my friend, Ludwig Pettersson. On the other hand, I am sad to lose a tool that I love.

Quill was the most thoughtful approach to online communication I have ever seen. It built on the innovations of Slack, Skype, Discord & Zoom in a wonderful way. It moved us forward.

The community I work with is—quite frankly—devastated at its loss. Here’s why:

### Conversational Flow

The way conversations flowed on Quill _felt better_ than Slack or Discord. It was like I could access more complicated thoughts because of the threading and grouping.

Activity tab was a game changer: it summarised everything I needed to read.

![Logging into Quill made my eyes feel rested](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/995e34be2511e750c0015b8b6ddb5ef171439d37c32f1e959a05daa478fe23ec.jpg)

Logging into Quill made my eyes feel rested

### Useful Notifications Instead Of Irritating Interruptions

Slack’s repetitive notification sound sends shivers down my spine. Quill’s was infrequent and powerful—it meant something to me. I wanted to check it and always found something important.

![A humane approach to digital communication](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/189bb849d29c8a578f7454e6ee90a61bfc0aadb9585a74d69dc6a74fc4f20a69.jpg)

A humane approach to digital communication

### Natural Language Summaries

Ludwig’s time at [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) was on full display in the product. Quill used their technology to intelligently summarise and title conversations to great effect. A magical touch ✨

![The right way to share among the right people](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/80bb104b1455b0c1c4628e53dc5d420dd75b50effef53a0126e8b8b71cc497e9.jpg)

The right way to share among the right people

### Obsessional About Attention

Quill was not trying to get your attention; it was trying to give it back to you. Every single feature was designed to help you learn, discuss, decide and then get back to work.

![I discovered a new feature almost every day I used it](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e4329b1f74d3032ffc32cbed88c64e7f4ae3fa2cc113f2c7fffe7ab28560170c.jpg)

I discovered a new feature almost every day I used it

### Absolutely Beautiful

Go to [their website](https://quill.chat/) and drink it in before it is removed forever. Just look at the incredible quality of the product design, copywriting and application presentation.

![All the modes from my darkest to my brightest](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ea731de836897aa56f7821dd9e11b85cd76c116d1fb22c2da5c08881cd697988.jpg)

All the modes from my darkest to my brightest

### Incredibly Powerful

The shear volume of features present across web, macOS, iOS & Android applications was stunning. The team were clearly firing on all cylinders creatively.

![The opposite of feature creep](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/86a38eb280abe09809bf99a4fa632561d874ef16589bf05a907b3b8292560904.jpg)

The opposite of feature creep

### Multi-Modal Connection

Sliding from text-based chat into voice-based discussion or video-based debate was easy. Quill blended the best modern web technologies together to make communication clearer.

![Express yourself through your mode](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/084588edc0022501e5a6b237e7add7fe08f3e5ac7ac6147441614f2905aad1d5.jpg)

Express yourself through your mode

### Thank you, Quill

The team behind this software touched my heart and helped my community get started. I will always be grateful to them.

![Thank you](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2c0b91c41a4c7181ff801e1440177af9381bb3a5bc3e56b0db683c9d46f646ca.png)

Thank you

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*Originally published on [ric.eth mirror](https://paragraph.com/@ric/why-we-will-miss-quill)*