Hi all, it appears that Slack has upgraded our plan so we are not faced with the 10,000 message horizon issue. We're extremely grateful to Slack for the rapid response. I would edit the post but I cannot any longer.
Ask HN: Engineering group to fight Covid-19 needs fee waiver from Slack
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#22Hi all, it appears that Slack has upgraded our plan so we are not faced with the 10,000 message horizon issue. We're extremely grateful to Slack for the rapid response. I would edit the post but I cannot any longer.
Did they adjust based on this HN post? We are wanting to get the My Climate Journey Slack account (550+ people) upgraded as well...
(I don't want to misrepresent what happened.)
Re: Ask HN: Engineering group to fight Covid-19 needs fee waiver from Slack
#23Re: Ask HN: Engineering group to fight Covid-19 needs fee waiver from Slack
#24If you have hundreds of members, why not ask each for a couple of dollars to cover slack costs? Or use a different platform. Or self host something else. Not to be overly dismissive, but my first impression is that you have a bunch of devs finding something interesting and wanting to follow along rather than a key cohort of people who will "disrupt covid-19." I don't see why Slack should pay for a bunch of people to…
Hi, I'm interested in responding to your comment. >Not to be overly dismissive, but my first impression is that you have a bunch of devs finding something interesting and wanting to follow along rather than a key cohort of people who will "disrupt covid-19." The group was founded with the intention of coordinating mechanical engineers and medical clinicians to build physical devices. For the developers and engineers…