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Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by lozf »

jebediah wrote: post #15
brooksgarrett wrote: post #12

The biggest problem with this question is the breadth of the term 'hacker'. Hackers tend to clump into whatever projects they are currently working on. Try starting off in places like #ubuntu and other projects (that interest you!) that are very newbie friendly. Master a topic and try helping other newbies with that topic. It takes time but my personal experience is the best way to be involved in the 'hacker' culture…

But the whole point is to have a general place with lots of people where all things hacker could be talked about, I spend some time on topic-specific IRC channels but I don't want to talk about python or arch all day, I wanted a channel that was about the community

For s sense of community, perhaps your local hackerspace has a channel that can help. If you don't have a local hackerspace, consider starting one, or at least occasionally participating in something less local.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by zkanda »

kimagure wrote: post #10
izolate wrote: post #3

Never found a good one either. I think it's because HN members stay in their respective domain channels - #python #javascript for example. #startups on freenode is supposedly made up of HN crowd, but I've never found it a friendly place.

freenode in general isn't a very friendly place :/ that said, i think #clojure and #reactjs are fairly friendly and helpful to questions, even the most basic ones.

#django is one of the active channels I've tried. Lot's of people willing to help.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by TheCowboy »

a3voices wrote: post #7

Why would you want to chat with hackers? Might as well just go into work and talk to coworkers.

One of the stronger ideas behind the Internet that seems to be fading is that it could connect people together who would otherwise be strangers.

There is nothing wrong with talking to co-workers, but it can become an insular experience. You're also limited by the specific quirks of the workplace and the demands of maintaining a level of professionalism.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by DSMan195276 »

kimagure wrote: post #10
izolate wrote: post #3

Never found a good one either. I think it's because HN members stay in their respective domain channels - #python #javascript for example. #startups on freenode is supposedly made up of HN crowd, but I've never found it a friendly place.

freenode in general isn't a very friendly place :/ that said, i think #clojure and #reactjs are fairly friendly and helpful to questions, even the most basic ones.

##c is pretty nice in my experience. I've answered a few questions on there and hang out in there fairly often.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by atmosx »

kimagure wrote: post #10
izolate wrote: post #3

Never found a good one either. I think it's because HN members stay in their respective domain channels - #python #javascript for example. #startups on freenode is supposedly made up of HN crowd, but I've never found it a friendly place.

freenode in general isn't a very friendly place :/ that said, i think #clojure and #reactjs are fairly friendly and helpful to questions, even the most basic ones.

Sorry to say that FreeNode IMHO is as friendly as it gets, when talking about IRC networks.

ps. As another use already said, there's no point for us being on an IRC #. I prefer talking/helping/discussing with people who are closer to my domains.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by ld00d »

decentrality wrote: post #17
jaekwon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Since my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.

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.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by jebediah »

ld00d wrote: post #26
decentrality wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.

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.

I feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by decentrality »

jebediah wrote: post #27
ld00d wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open

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.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by decentrality »

decentrality wrote: post #17
jaekwon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Since my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.

So far it has gone from about 13-15 people to over 110 people.

Re: Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

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Post by jordsmi »

jackweirdy wrote: post #18
bilalel wrote: post #16

Slack [0] is a piece of beauty for community/team communication. I don't if there is already a HN channel on it. [0] https://www.slack.com/

I really don't see the big deal with slack. I don't see what it does that any other chat software doesn't?

It has a cool name
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