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Every big open source project has a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode, still alive and kicking. Slack is not an alternative.

• hk__2 8y ago
  > Every big open source project has a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode, still alive and kicking. > Slack is not an alternative. A lot of large open-source projects have Slack communities, often alongside IRC ones. Take Clojure for example, with its 14k-members “Clojurians” Slack project.
  • mcintyre1994 8y ago
    Do Slack give free access to open source communities like that? Otherwise the price to have search of over 10k messages would be over £70k/mo which I'm guessing they're not paying. Slack's pricing model seems horrific for communities like that.
    • hk__2 8y ago
      > Do Slack give free access to open source communities like that? Yes. It’s free for non-profit orgs.
      • dragandj 8y ago
        Not at all. Clojurians Slack does not keeps history for more than a few days because the community does not pay, and it's the major PITA. Slack does not offer any special treatment to large open source communities, other than tolerating their existence.
        • hk__2 8y ago
          > Not at all. (…) Slack does not offer any special treatment to large open source communities, other than tolerating their existence. I wasn’t clear. It’s free for non-profit orgs. Open-source communities that aren’t registered organizations are by definition not non-profit orgs.