In light of some large open source communities like Ghost [1] and Ember [2] concluding that Slack was cannibalising their community activity, we decided to writ

In light of some large open source communities like Ghost [1] and Ember [2] concluding that Slack was cannibalising their community activity, we decided to write up our take on best practices for harmonising ephemeral (chat) and permanent (forum) discussions. [1](https://twitter.com/JohnONolan/status/980872508395188224 https://twitter.com/JohnONolan/status/980872508395188224) [2](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/should-ember-better-define-its-use-of-slack/14474 https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/should-ember-better-define-its...)