>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #2954073. --> Reported by: [dasjo](https://www.drupal.org/user/228295) >>> <p>At DrupalCamp Ruhr, Essen, Germany the local communities decided to go away from slack and choose DrupalChat.eu as the new platform for direct messaging.</p> <p>Coming from <span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link drupalorg-gitlab-link-wrapper"><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/infrastructure/-/work_items/2490332" class="drupalorg-gitlab-link">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/infrastructure/-/work_items/2490332</a></span>, I wanted to create this follow up so that we can direct the efforts towards going away from Slack and adopting DrupalChat.me. </p> <p>Related links:</p> <ul> <li>Documentation page on DO: <a href="https://www.drupal.org/drupalchat">Chat with the Drupal community using DrupalChat.me (Rocketchat)</a></li> <li>Project page for Issues: <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupalchat_service">DrupalChat Service's Issues</a></li> </ul> <p>For a discussion of why Slack is not a good solution, please see the other issue. Summary:</p> <ul> <li>Closed source/proprietary</li> <li>In it for the money: <a href="https://slack.com/pricing">https://slack.com/pricing</a></li> <li>"Free" plan is intended for <strong>small to medium</strong> sized business/teams (Drupal is anything but)</li> <li>Requires users to register</li> <li>Architecturally has several types of limitations since their service is based on "small to medium" sized teams: <a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.com/so-yeah-we-tried-slack-and-we-deeply-regretted-it-391bcc714c81">https://medium.freecodecamp.com/so-yeah-we-tried-slack-and-we-deeply-regretted-it-391bcc714c81</a></li> <li>Prohibitively expensive to get backsroll</li> <li>Does not have all of the above requirements</li> <li>Does not and will not support Open Source communities</li> <li>Allows users to easily impersonate other users on d.o (<a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/infrastructure/issues/2490332#comment-12218073">comment #225</a>)</li> </ul> > Related issue: [Issue #2490332](https://www.drupal.org/node/2490332) > Related issue: [Issue #2908988](https://www.drupal.org/node/2908988)