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Why not just all jump into #hackernews? What does hackers mean again? Who's definition? If you're actually looking for HN people, why don't we just participate
by decentrality 12y ago
Why not just all jump into #hackernews? What does hackers mean again? Who's definition?
If you're actually looking for HN people, why don't we just participate on #hackernews on freenode.
- decentrality 12y agoAll that really needs to happen is Op presence by some means of figuring out who gets that, some sort of management of the channel, and consistent reminders in comments, like: Great idea: for X reason! Or, you are so wrong: for X reason. But why don't you pitch this some more on #hackernews on freenode?
- jebediah 12y agoThough I think this document exagerates a little, by hacker I meant this: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
- jaekwon 12y agoI just logged onto #hackernews on freenode. My god, it's full of avatars!
- decentrality 12y agoSince my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.
- ld00d 12y agoI don't know about others, but I find IRC a little intimidating. So I get in, but I never speak. I just hide out in the corner and sip my beer.
- jebediah 12y agoI feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open
- decentrality 12y agoLurking in IRC is fine, being extroverted is fine. The ability to even remotely understand who HN actually is is weird enough without talking. Otherwise all there is are single line headlines, terse often neckbeardy comments, and no real-time presence -- no "moment" to figure out what even some of these people here really are. So far whether you lurk or talk it's better than just looking at the posts and threads.
- decentrality 12y agoSo far it has gone from about 13-15 people to over 110 people.