# Elastic.slack.com

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021 "2017-07-13T13:50:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![zeves095](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zeves095/32/20014_2.png) [@zeves095](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zeves095)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/1 "2017-07-13T13:50:49Z")

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how to login to [elastic.slack.com](http://elastic.slack.com) ? (it's necessary or @elastic.co mail or guest account)

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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/2 "2017-07-17T05:45:43Z")

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This is not a public Slack team.

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**Author:** ![zeves095](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zeves095/32/20014_2.png) [@zeves095](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zeves095)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/3 "2017-07-17T09:50:55Z")

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are there any public ?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/4 "2017-07-17T10:03:30Z")

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No, but there are [IRC channels](https://www.elastic.co/community).

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**Author:** ![zeves095](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zeves095/32/20014_2.png) [@zeves095](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zeves095)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/5 "2017-07-17T13:28:19Z")

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thank u

hope u a planning move public to slack - it'd be cool!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/6 "2017-07-17T21:08:31Z")

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Slack is invite only, and as such restricts access to anyone that wants to use it as a communications method to interact with our community.

[https://dave.cheney.net/2017/04/11/why-slack-is-inappropriate-for-open-source-communications](https://dave.cheney.net/2017/04/11/why-slack-is-inappropriate-for-open-source-communications) is a great read on why Slack is not good for open source projects.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-slack-com/93021/7 "2017-08-14T21:08:56Z")

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