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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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2151 points JustSkyfall | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.319s | source
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fn-mote ◴[18 Sep 25 02:24 UTC] No.45284378[source]▶
I was ready to be unsympathetic - too bad for the company - but then I read TFA and it's a rug pull on a nonprofit teaching coding to kids....

https://hackclub.com/

(They do help clubs sell things, taking "7% of income", so they do have a revenue stream, but the money that Slack wants would pay a veritable army of student interns.)

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chrisasquith ◴[18 Sep 25 05:14 UTC] No.45285698[source]▶
Hi! Ty! And Hack club is totally free to teens and we provide travel stipends, hardware, electronics and more. (We don’t charge 7 percent to clubs to sell things :)) hack club run a fiscal sponsorship and adult-orgs using it pay us 7percent- which we use to make more things free to teens. - hack club cofounder here
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ugh123 ◴[18 Sep 25 06:11 UTC] No.45286077[source]▶
Have you thought about moving to Discord? I'm sure it won't be free for your org, but could be friendlier terms.
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jstummbillig ◴[18 Sep 25 06:34 UTC] No.45286236[source]▶
How about https://once.com/campfire
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1. wltr ◴[18 Sep 25 08:48 UTC] No.45287214[source]▶
Or better this: https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire