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They just need to create an integrated gitter clone now, or maybe buy it from gitlab. Also this step pretty much kills discourse, doesn't it?



GitHub bought Spectrum (spectrum.chat) in 2018:

https://spectrum.chat/spectrum/general/spectrum-is-joining-g...

But I would caution against integrating too many tools into GitHub. As a user, I like that GitHub errors on the side of saying no. You don't want to end up with a bloated product.


As long as they retain the option to disable certain features on a repo, I am wholly in favor of consolidating the development stack into GitHub. Easier to mandate 2FA and other security procedures when your team doesn't have to juggle several sites.

Friendly aside: the expression is "err(s) on the side of..."


Zeit's was the most active spectrum community I was part of, interesting they're the lead tester community for this new GH feature. Spectrum fell between a number of posts, it was never really "chatlike" so it looks they've gone completely in the forum direction with discussions.




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