A few questions on how to get into IRC
reddit / irc

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hosfordryan · 2015-04-20 02:24

I had always heard about IRC but was never sure what it was until i
recently looked it up, and it seems pretty cool. I am just unsure on
how to go about finding a channel or a community to talk to. I know
there is an IRC channel for just about evey possible topic, but i have
no idea on how to find these channels.

I appreciate any help or tips on how to get into IRC in general.

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pascalpoitras · 2015-04-20 08:03

if you are on freenode you can talk to alis bot.

for example, to search for programming language channel type:
/msg alis list * -topic programming

if you only want channels with at least 50 users:
/msg alis list * -topic programming -min 50

for all perl channels:
/msg alis list #perl*

french channels:
/msg alis list *-fr

more help:
/msg alis help list

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Karunamon · 2015-04-20 19:18

Another thing you can do is `/list` and look at what you get back.
Usually anything with a significant number of people has some chat
going on it.

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farded · 2015-04-20 22:08

That list can be long. Usually, you can do "/list >100" to look for
channels with more than 100 people.

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Chodrick · 2015-04-27 05:20

Search (on Google, or Duck duck go, etc) for IRC channels related to
your interests. Then, join, read the rules, and start participating in
conversation. Once you become regular enough, you'll be considered
part of the community.

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phobosd · 2015-04-29 16:40

GOOD MEME

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steakmane · 2015-04-29 16:41

dank mems