I agree that IRC doesn't hit the needs and wants of many contributors these days. But I've really found the limits of the Slack free plan a bit rough in the Eli

I agree that IRC doesn't hit the needs and wants of many contributors these days. But I've really found the limits of the Slack free plan a bit rough in the Elixir Slack. And I'd say concerns about being on a proprietary system are valid. It ends up being a mess of pragmatic trade-offs, rather than clear-cut. Slack and friends is overall more approachable.