[novatea]

Hack Club had a $5,000/year contract with Slack (renewed in May iirc), but Salesforce just suddenly told them to pay $50,000 within a week and $200,000/year, without warning, or they would deactivate the whole workspace. That's how the HC founder told it in the Slack announcement, anyways.

[tomhow]

Yes, but there has to be more to the story, that we're not being told. Without knowing why this organization was previously eligible for the discount, but no longer is eligible for that discount, we really don't know much at all.

[milkshakes]

it seems your concerns are addressed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45285280

why has this post been taken off the front page, and why has the title been editorialized?