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> ... when open source projects opt to use Slack as their chat platform instead of IRC; it's [sic] sends the signal that FOSS is good enough for us but not good enough for them.

It couldn't possibly be because Slack is better than IRC?

I mean, come on. Sometimes there is a better closed-source alternative. I don't know why FOSS attracts these people that think all closed-source software is literally the devil or whatever, but if you're not using the best tool for the job you don't have the best interests of the project at heart. For most use cases, Slack is objectively better than IRC. For a minority, IRC is better.

The dogma from the FOSS community is a large part of why many people are not involved in it at all.