Too often I ask a question in Slack or leave feedback under a merge/pull request or argue with friends in a WhatsApp group and get back:
Why Your Community Needs a Home, Not Just a Group Chat
We all crave connection. And when we want to bring people together, the easiest option is to spin up a group chat. But if you’ve ever tried turning a Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp group into a real community, you’ve seen the trade-off
How Slack and Discord became tools for worker revolt
Lots of tech worker movements got their start on Slack and Discord, even if the creators of those apps would rather not talk about it.
Slack → Colibri Bridge
One-way sync from the FoC Slack workspace into the Colibri atproto network. Every bridged message, reaction, and attachment is a public record on the bot's bsky.social PDS; every raw Slack event is archived losslessly under a com.feelingofcomputing.bridge.* lexicon on the same repo. The bot authors messages into channels owned by a separate community-owner DID — the inverse pattern described under Identity.
Max Cometh: What The Blocking Of WhatsApp, Telegram Means For Millions Of Russians
WhatsApp has long been the most popular messaging app for Russians, followed closely by Telegram. This week, officials took major steps to cut them off and make them unusable—part of a long-running, two-pronged effort to control the information Russians access online.
Linen | Front page for your Slack and Discord Communities
Linen syncs your Slack and Discord threads to an SEO friendly website that allows your community to discover you through search engines and reduces the number of repeat questions.
Signal Polls: Yes, no, maybe (yes!)
Signal polling: An easier way to see what your group chat really thinks and feels.
Quiet FAQ
A private, p2p alternative to Slack and Discord built on Tor & IPFS - TryQuiet/quiet
jeremy46231/slackfs
Contribute to jeremy46231/slackfs development by creating an account on GitHub.
How to backup Whatsapp on GrapheneOS? - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
GrapheneOS discussion forum
Anthropic, please make a new Slack | Blog | Fivetran
Slack will be the Waterloo of closed data.
Hey on this note we’ve (@mysilio.com) been thinking about this stuff since 2019 now and have been a coop since 2020 and are suckers for a good cause, if anyone out there ever wants to chat open social and coops hmu.
dietrich
the Atmosphere needs a LOT of care to be a functioning space for us all to have nice things. there are many people here with experience in tradbiz, both sides of grant and philanthropic funding there was even an expert in co-op structures at #atmosphereconf! ask for help! offer to help! dms open!
