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IRC is still an interesting place! Even just on Freenode there are a bunch of good channels. It’s not the same as the 90s (before my time online) and 2000s, but
by evincarofautumn 9y ago
IRC is still an interesting place! Even just on Freenode there are a bunch of good channels. It’s not the same as the 90s (before my time online) and 2000s, but I’ve made a few friends & good acquaintances on technical channels, many of whom I’ve even had the pleasure of meeting in person, since many of us live in the SF bay area.
- mpg515 9y agofreenode is definitely the useful network these days
- erikbye 9y agoAgreed. Freenode is the network I frequent the most. Some of the programming language and framework specific channels are good. As it has always been, IRC can seem like a pretty hostile place to "noobs"; just don't ask to ask and RTFM before you do. #emacs is usually very helpful and friendly.
- digi_owl 9y agoI'm still sore about losing the local channel to IM (particularly MSN Messenger, thanks to MS' aggressive bundling) and early gen social networking sites.