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carlisle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week agoAlso, how are they advertising through Slack? I’m active on there and I haven’t seen that. They have announcements about their own events, but they don’t advertise products at all.
And yes, it is unusual for Slack to be used as a non-formal space. They use it because most other options can’t handle such a huge amount of users. Not sure how that’s even relevant though?
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
It is flying over your head that you are on Slack in the first place while you otherwise wouldn’t.
carlisle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I’m not sure what you mean. I joined so I can chat with other people who are interested in Open Source and coding. What’s your point?
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Yes, and you are now using Slack. You know what Slack is. It is a paid product. You are now more likely to suggest or vote for opening a Slack workspace for a team. And a few dozen other people, too. You are now less likely to use your skills to work towards alternatives, something that Zach promised back in 2016, and also in 2025 when he promised to fork MatterMost.
carlisle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Ahh I see. I thought you meant advertising through Slack, not advertising Slack itself. Honestly the fact they use Slack is one of my least favorite things about Hack Club. That said, although I heavily prefer using only open source software, there are very few organizations who do that… Yk, “you can’t let perfect be the enemy of good”. Rejecting anything that’s not perfect is unrealistic. What we should do instead, is try to improve things.
I don’t know about this promise Zach supposedly made, and I can’t read about it since that article is paywalled. Kind of ironic trying to hate on a organization for using a paid product, while you’re evidence is hidden behind… A paid product.