I personally prefer Gitter & other tools over Slack for open source communications. The Slack signup process can be a road block as it takes to many steps. To o

I personally prefer Gitter & other tools over Slack for open source communications. The Slack signup process can be a road block as it takes to many steps. To often I run into open source communities that require you to join their Slack channel for posting any questions (that may or may not be bugs in their software). I really like Slack for a lot of things, but it's often a tool used incorrectly due to its popularity.