We are moving our community chat from Slack to Discord. Why? TL;DR: because
Discord has better support for community building. VAST is not the first project
that abandons Slack. Numerous open-source
projects have done the same .
Community
Here are the top four reasons why we are switching:
Retention : Slack's free plan has only 90 days message retention. We prefer
permanence of our community discussion.
Moderation : Discord has solid moderation tools that rely on role-based
access, and makes it possible adhere to our Code of
Conduct upon joining.
Invitation : Unlimited invite links that do not expire.
Inclusion : Users can self-assign their preferred pronouns.
We hope that the majority of our Slack users understand these concerns and
will join us over at Discord. See you there!
