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I'm also glad to see IRC still going strong. I much prefer IRC to StackExchange (not to diminish StackExchange, it's an amazing website) when looking for answe

I'm also glad to see IRC still going strong. I much prefer IRC to StackExchange (not to diminish StackExchange, it's an amazing website) when looking for answers to questions. Not because I always get an answer, but when I do it's pretty quick and it's nice to have a direct conversation with the person who is helping. In addition, there are a lot of nice little channels out there that are just fun to hang out in.

kovek 10y ago
How do you discover nice little channels that are fun to hang out in?
- marsrover 10y ago
  I've found that $"{someOpenSourceProject}-offtopic" sometimes works. Other than that, I just see people mention channels sometimes and I join them.
- pimeys 10y ago
  For me, you join them 10 years ago and never leave. The same people are still there, maybe some new ones joining every now and then. People find them out by other people asking them to join. My favorite entertainment is definitely this one Finnish music channel, where the chat can be hilarious at any given time. In these channels there's people who've been there for almost 20 years. Sadly I parted ages ago from the channels I was chatting in the 90's. But I guess they're still there.
- Haydos585x2 10y ago
  Join a ton of channels. Lurk for a bit, add things into the conversation. After a month or so everyone will be comfortable with you and you just keep going. More general topic channels like #startups on freenode are a bit easier to be social in. Learn the local rules and the local users. It's like any community really.
- deelowe 10y ago
  http://irc.netsplit.de/ http://irc.netsplit.de/ is a good resource. Read up on the network before joining a channel. Each has their own culture, which is somewhat important to know before you lurk around.
Cyph0n 10y ago
Gitter seems to be filling in this niche by connecting a Slack-like experience to project IRC channels. The client needs a bit of work, but it's pretty good as is I think.

kovek 10y ago

How do you discover nice little channels that are fun to hang out in?

marsrover 10y ago
I've found that $"{someOpenSourceProject}-offtopic" sometimes works. Other than that, I just see people mention channels sometimes and I join them.
pimeys 10y ago
For me, you join them 10 years ago and never leave. The same people are still there, maybe some new ones joining every now and then. People find them out by other people asking them to join. My favorite entertainment is definitely this one Finnish music channel, where the chat can be hilarious at any given time. In these channels there's people who've been there for almost 20 years. Sadly I parted ages ago from the channels I was chatting in the 90's. But I guess they're still there.
Haydos585x2 10y ago
Join a ton of channels. Lurk for a bit, add things into the conversation. After a month or so everyone will be comfortable with you and you just keep going. More general topic channels like #startups on freenode are a bit easier to be social in. Learn the local rules and the local users. It's like any community really.
deelowe 10y ago
http://irc.netsplit.de/ http://irc.netsplit.de/ is a good resource. Read up on the network before joining a channel. Each has their own culture, which is somewhat important to know before you lurk around.

Cyph0n 10y ago

Gitter seems to be filling in this niche by connecting a Slack-like experience to project IRC channels. The client needs a bit of work, but it's pretty good as is I think.