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@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Vitess has a growing community. You can view the list of adopters
 
 Ask questions in the
 [vitess@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vitess)
-discussion forum. You may also request access to the Vitess Slack channel.
+discussion forum.
+
+For topics that are better discussed live, please join the
+[Vitess Slack](https://bit.ly/vitess-slack) workspace.
 
 Subscribe to
 [vitess-announce@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vitess-announce)