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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects by wcummings on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:23PM (#11015577)
>I think this is a reason for people who really don't engage on IRC for anything other than "Hi, I have a problem, can anyone help me?".

Nailed it, IRC isn't a significant barrier for a real contributor. If you don't have the time to figure out IRC, you don't have the time to significantly contribute to a project.

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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects by st3v3r on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:21PM (#11016047)
That's an extremely elitist viewpoint, that will do nothing but tell people that they aren't welcome in open source. Which is a terrible thing.
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