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   Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 23:54:13 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

   Suddenly I realized: there was a time when a lot of open source projects were using Slack to chat, but recently I have seen a spike in new projects using Discord instead. Considering that before Slack it was IRC, I wonder if it's a generational thing, rather than a tooling problem.
   #OpenSource #Linux #SysAdminLife #HomeLab

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     Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 22:09:41 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

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     • Daniel Schildt

     @autiomaa @matt
     That's some curious/interesting story.

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     Daniel Schildt (autiomaa@mementomori.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 22:09:46 JST Daniel Schildt

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     @matt @badnetmask At least they got to use those leftover game assets from the closed game world project. Most of the original emoticons on Slack are descendants of a failed online game. It was the second failed game company by the same founders. First failed game company turned into Flickr, second to Slack.

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     mattlqx (matt@mastodon.lqx.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 22:09:47 JST mattlqx

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     @badnetmask I rather wish it had been me to have the thought "let's turn IRC into a commercial product".

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     Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲 (badnetmask@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 22:15:48 JST Mauricio Teixeira 🇧🇷🇺🇲

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     • Jari Komppa 🇫🇮

     @sol_hsa
     Yep. It's a cycle.

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     Jari Komppa 🇫🇮 (sol_hsa@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 22:15:49 JST Jari Komppa 🇫🇮

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     @badnetmask slack/discord was a slight upgrade from IRC since you could easily toss images and files around.

     I think slack became hostile at some point, can't remember what it was - but people moved to the easiest alternative, and since discord is pretty much the same thing, it was an easy switch.

     It probably won't last, and people will migrate to something else next. Maybe someone will make (or has already made) upgraded version of irc that's just waiting for discord to do something stupid.