33MHz
🌕🕧 6 yr via enuts
#Slack is dropping its XMPP and IRC gateways.
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🌕🕧 6 yr via enuts
"you’ll only be disappointed by this if you trusted slack in the first place"
"For many of us I assume this isn’t so much of a choice because it’s mandated by our employer."
"unionize!"
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joe
🌕🕜 6 yr via Broadsword
@33MHz Not surprising, closed source is the way to go in the messaging world. Feels kind of sad to me.
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jws
🌗🕕 6 yr via ChimPnut
@joe How does dropping a couple gateways make them more (or less) closed-source than they were before?

FWIW there’s a Weechat plugin built on the Slack API, and the standalone slack-term [github.com], if you still want Slack in your terminal.

/@33MH
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joe
🌘🕤 6 yr via Arachis
@jws I’ll make note, thanks for the link.

@33MHz
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🌕🕦 6 yr via Beta
@33MHz I think I'd be a lot more disappointed if IRC wasn't such a horrible experience. :P
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🌕🕜 6 yr via enuts
@tewha I feel the same about Slack, but I'd say it's misuse of slack. I assume IRC isn't misused as much because of its thorny nature.
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🌖🕞 6 yr via Riposte
@33MHz Oh, that’s too bad. I only used the IRC gateway occasionally, but liked having it available.
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