Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#1

Post by anothertodd » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:32 PM UTC

Just a bit curious if there's chatroulette for hackers.

I think that's kinda fun to talk with random hackers. I always wish I'm at meetups but we can't go to meetups everyday, everytime. so I just think this would be fun.. :P

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#2

Post by qwertyboy » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:44 PM UTC

It's called IRC.

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#3

Post by anothertodd » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:46 PM UTC

qwertyboy wrote: post #2

It's called IRC.

I'm on some IRC channels almost all day long but I just want some kind of extensive random chat :)

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#4

Post by MattBearman » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 1:08 PM UTC

HackRoulette? Could this be done with Goole+ hangouts? I think I'll have a look into this.

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#5

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 1:24 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#6

Post by anothertodd » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 1:36 PM UTC

MattBearman wrote: post #4

HackRoulette? Could this be done with Goole+ hangouts? I think I'll have a look into this.

google+ should require to add people to circles. so it's not random. I think this could be fun. not like IRC, totally random and refreshing really quickly.

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#7

Post by athesyn » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

qwertyboy wrote: post #2

It's called IRC.

Can you recommend any hacker channels?

Re: Ask HN: is there any chatroulette for hackers?

#8

Post by mtogo » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 3:21 PM UTC

athesyn wrote: post #7

qwertyboy wrote: post #2

It's called IRC.

Can you recommend any hacker channels?

#startups on irc.freenode.net is HN's irc channel, for one.