{"id":26375,"date":"2016-08-26T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T06:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26375"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T06:57:44","slug":"dont-use-slack-for-foss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/26\/dont-use-slack-for-foss\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t use Slack for FOSS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Please don’t use Slack for FOSS projects<\/a>” is a compelling case for why you shouldn’t use Slack<\/a> for Free and Open Source Software projects. \u00a0Make sure to read the discussion in the comments as well. \u00a0(By the way, many of the arguments apply to HipChat<\/a> too).<\/p>\n

\"hipchat-slack\"<\/p>\n

The suggested alternative is IRC, which I agree with. \u00a0My only minor disagreement in regards to IRC is using it for companies as well. \u00a0Companies are much more fragile and sensitive than Open Source community, so it doesn’t work all that well in some places. \u00a0I think Slack\/HipChat work great for company communications, but if you want to have full control over your chat system, then try out Rocket.Chat<\/a>, which I blogged about<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

“Please don’t use Slack for FOSS projects” is a compelling case for why you shouldn’t use Slack for Free and Open Source Software projects. \u00a0Make sure to read the discussion in the comments as well. \u00a0(By the way, many of the arguments apply to HipChat too). The suggested alternative is IRC, which I agree with. … Continue reading Don’t use Slack for FOSS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Don't use Slack for FOSS #Slack #HipChat #OpenSource #WebWork","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[3397,2912,3415],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-hipchat","tag-open-source","tag-slack"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28831,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/01\/hipchat-to-slack-migration\/","url_meta":{"origin":26375,"position":0},"title":"HipChat to Slack migration","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in July, Slack acquired Hipchat with the intent of migrating all the users and shutting down the service.\u00a0 For us at work, these were very sad news.\u00a0 We've been using HipChat for years, and relied on it heavily.\u00a0 We have also evaluated Slack in its early days and didn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hipchat-slack-500x94.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26099,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/11\/franz-free-cross-service-messaging-app\/","url_meta":{"origin":26375,"position":1},"title":"Franz – free cross-service messaging app","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Franz is a free messaging app which currently supports\u00a0Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. \u00a0Download is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"franz","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz-500x338.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26017,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/13\/rocket-chat-the-ultimate-self-hosted-open-source-chat-platform\/","url_meta":{"origin":26375,"position":2},"title":"Rocket.Chat – the ultimate self-hosted open source chat platform","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Chat is becoming more and more important for team communication and collaboration (what is ChatOps?). \u00a0Old school applications like Skype are being replaced with modern, web-based chat platforms, that provide group\/room and one-on-one chats, file uploads, screen sharing, voice and video communications, API integration and more. \u00a0There are plenty of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"rocket.chat","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rocket.chat_-500x235.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27964,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/08\/atlassian-stride\/","url_meta":{"origin":26375,"position":3},"title":"Atlassian Stride","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Stride is a new product from Atlassian. \u00a0It is a re-branded and, hopefully, improved HipChat. \u00a0I haven't tried it yet, but our team account will be upgraded soon enough. 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