Dumb question, what's the point of double #ing a channel? Such as ##tea or ##accounting on freenode? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B1tN1nja · 2016-02-23 18:51 It's just something I never understood, and messed up my would-be alphabetical order of my channel listings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MuffinMedic · 2016-02-23 18:56 freenode's website is down right now so I can't provide a citation, but: freenode was originally created to support collaboration of open source projects. They use single hashtags (#python) for channels that are officially related to their projects - i.e. #python is the official channel for the [Python programming language](https://www.python.org). Double hashtag (##linux) channels are unofficial channels and can be used for anything - unofficial projects, social channels, etc... .i.e. ~~##linux is a channel about Linux but is not affiliated with [The Linux Kernel Foundation](https://www.kernel.org)~~ and ##chat is the primary social channel. Overtime, the enforcement of this requirement has more or less disappeared, but the network is undergoing some changes right now, so that may change (the last part is speculation based off the their latest [blog post](http://blog.freenode.net/2016/02/recent-events-and- future-changes/)). **Edit:** Apparently ##linux is endorsed and doesn't follow freenode's rules. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geohump · 2016-02-23 19:44 \## means "unofficial" or "about" or perhaps "owner of this channel owns the actual product this channel is about" so #linux is an official Linux channel, and ##linux is not necessarily official. Ironically, ##linux was given official permission to operate so it is an official linux channel. so, # = official, ## = might not be official. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geohump · 2016-02-23 19:45 #FYI ##Linux is officially endorsed and has a letter indicating so. Official permission can be viewed here: http://linux.chat/linux-sub-license/ --- Linux® Sub-License As from 2006-11-20 we have a Linux® sub-license. To: nkukard (at) lbsd.net Subject: Application Approval Statement - Linux Sublicense From: lmi_app (at) linuxmark.org Reply-To: lmi_app (at) linuxmark.org Message-Id: <20061120173017.3464024173@developer.osdl.org> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:30:17 -0800 (PST) Dear Nigel Kukard, LMI has reviewed your application to use the mark "##linux" and, based on the information you provided to us, we have approved it for sublicensing. 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Makes much more sense now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B1tN1nja · 2016-02-23 20:24 Thank you for the information, makes perfect sense now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- trua · 2016-02-23 23:54 Keep in mind this is only a Freenode thing. Other networks have other rules. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DrFrankenstein90 · 2016-02-24 04:56 It depends on the network. On FreeNode, it indicates that it is not an official channel, i.e. it's not run by people directly involved in the project the channel is about (or at least started as an unofficial channel, such as ##linux; see other comments). On SnooNet, it means that the channel is not associated with a subreddit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- disflux · 2016-02-24 06:08 Back in 1999 I had a channel with double pound signs because someone already had a channel with that name and I was too unoriginal to think of a different one lol