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Slack will shut down all IRC gateways (twimg.com)
6 points by PeterMikhailov on March 7, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Very unfortunate news. I hope they realize what a mistake this is and reconsider!


I am disappointed as well. The web interface is sluggish over a VPN.


I don't know what people expected. Why would you leave IRC/XMPP to go to a walled garden?

Nowadays, alternatives exist like matrix.org with an open protocol. If usability was the reason you weren't on IRC, take a look at matrix.org.




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