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		wcummings on Feb 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects >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.

st3v3r on Feb 1, 2016 [–]

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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