Slack's bait and switch | Opkode BlogSlack has finally decided to close down their IRC and XMPP gateways. True to form, you can only read their announcement if you already have a Slack account and are logged in to a workspace. Here ‘s the gist of their announcement: As Slack has evolved over the years, we’ve built features and capabilities --- like Shared Channels, Threads, and emoji reactions (to name a few) --- that the IRC and XMP
