I actually tried to encourage people through here to use IRC a number of months ago but didn't detect much enthusiasm for it. Slack is much easier and more user friendly.

On 16 January 2017 at 17:18, Edward Saperia <edsaperia@gmail.com> wrote:

The closest equivalent is IRC, I guess. However, it's a barrier to entry.

See also http://xkcd.com/1782/

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On 16 January 2017 at 17:13, Richard Nevell <richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

Is there an open source version of slack?

On 16 January 2017 at 15:59, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:

>>Why are we not on an Open Source platform?<<

http://wikidevsuk.slack.com

I did ask this question a while back on SLACK....

Is there a good answer?

Gordo


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