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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects by upofadown on Sunday November 01, 2015 @01:18PM (#10487425)
A lot of IRC usage used to be purely social. So the fact that that are lots less users isn't really indicative of anything in the context of FOSS development.
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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday November 01, 2015 @01:59PM (#10487609)
Indeed, in the same time period I think Freenode actually grew.
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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects by sonthonax on Sunday November 01, 2015 @11:31PM (#10489993)
Good point, usage for gaming has also died completely. Old networks like QuakeNet existed to allow gamers to co-ordinate match making. Now who needs that?.
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