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I just logged onto #hackernews on freenode. My god, it's full of avatars!

• decentrality 12y ago
  Since my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.
  • ld00d 12y ago
    I 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 ago
      I feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open
      • decentrality 12y ago
        Lurking 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 ago
    So far it has gone from about 13-15 people to over 110 people.