# Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications

<https://dave.cheney.net/2017/04/11/why-slack-is-inappropriate-for-open-source-communications>

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## What Jamie wrote

My complaint about the growing use of chat services like Slack, HipChat, and so on, for communication by open source projects is that these services are not open.

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