--- title: Most open source projects pick communication tools the... description: Open source projects often choose communication tools reactively rather than strategically, leading to fragmentation across Discord, Slack, Discourse, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/most-open-source-projects-pick-communication-tools-the-wrong-way-uffjcpghi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Most open source projects pick communication tools the wrong way | daily.dev og:description: Open source projects often choose communication tools reactively rather than strategically, leading to fragmentation across Discord, Slack, Discourse, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/most-open-source-projects-pick-communication-tools-the-wrong-way-uffjcpghi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UFfJcpgHi.png og:image:alt: Most open source projects pick communication tools the wrong way og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Most open source projects pick communication tools the wrong way **[All Things Open](https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Open source projects often choose communication tools reactively rather than strategically, leading to fragmentation across Discord, Slack, Discourse, and email lists. Proprietary platforms like Slack and Discord lock community data and increasingly treat it as an AI asset to monetize, while open source alternatives like Zulip let communities own their data. For contributors looking to join projects, the best signals are genuine personal interest in the domain and the quality of contributor documentation — good docs indicate maintainers who want contributors, not gatekeepers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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