One of the biggest challenges with text-based communication is that oftentimes context, emotions, and intentions can get lost in translation. On the other hand, when we speak to one another, we have the advantage of inflection, tone, and body language to help convey our points effectively. Historically, adding context to text-based communications involved writing HTML code—something that was a bit too complicated for the average internet user.

We are releasing a recommended security update via Mattermost Team Edition 5.11.1, 5.10.2, 5.9.2 and 4.10.10 (ESR) and Mattermost Enterprise Edition 5.11.1, 5.10.2, 5.9.2 and 4.10.10 (ESR). This security update addresses a medium-level vulnerability discovered during a security research review by Zonduu.

Today, we’re delighted to announce that Y Combinator Continuity is leading a $50M Series B investment in Mattermost as an open source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. With today’s announcement, Mattermost becomes YC’s largest ever Series B investment, and more importantly, their largest open source investment to date. YC is joined by our existing investors, Redpoint and S28 Capital, and new investor Battery Ventures.

After migrating from Hipchat to Mattermost, Oetker Digital was able to innovate faster for its legendary parent company. The platform helped globally dispersed teams stay unified, productive, and focused as they collaborated on bold new digital initiatives for the enterprise.

Mattermost 5.12 is packed with new features designed to increase team productivity and improve your Mattermost experience.

In an increasingly connected world that moves faster every day, everyone’s always trying to get more done in less time at work. Are you enjoying the most productive Mattermost experience? To increase your productivity on Mattermost, you may want to consider giving keyboard shortcuts and slash commands a spin.

As much as service desk teams encourage use of their IT self-service portals, many end users still prefer the conventional method of calling the IT service desk team or walking in to report an IT issue. Although this solves the immediate problem, it reduces service desk efficiency and makes tracking tickets and other administrative tasks a nightmare for IT technicians.

We use Mattermost every day, and our team has found many shortcuts and hacks to maximize our productivity. And since we spend the bulk of our days collaborating in Mattermost, we’ve found many ways to save time in Mattermost. Some of these shortcuts only save a few seconds. But when you’re doing something dozens of times a day, not only does a few seconds really add up, it can also keep you from getting distracted from more important tasks and decisions.

Mattermost 5.11 includes platform improvements that will help your team get more done in less time. Try these new features by downloading Mattermost 5.11 today. Since it includes security updates, upgrading is recommended.