I'm looking for a small and friendly IRC network
reddit / irc

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[deleted] · 2022-02-13 21:42

Is there a nice little IRC network that covers different topics and is
friendly with each other?

The reason why I ask is that I'm honestly not really happy with the
big networks like Freenode, Libera.Chat or OFTC anymore.

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masturkiller · 2022-02-14 04:31

IRCnow is pretty nice

https://ircnow.org/

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Dijit · 2022-02-14 10:40

I'm biased, but I'm a big fan of Darkscience. 195 users in the main
lobby and usually 3-10 people active at any given time of day.

I think the thing I like about it most is that people tend to be nice
to each other even if they have strongly differing opinions on things.
It's a lot less polarised than the rest of the internet.

Common discussion topics are things like tech, tech news, political
climates (as long as it's civil), daily life. (in descending order of
quantity)

ircs://irc.darkscience.net:6697/darkscience

http://www.mibbit.com/#darkscience@irc.darkscience.net:+6697

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windsostrange · 2022-02-14 13:09

Thanks for the recommendation! What's the general demographics, you
reckon? One person's "civility" is another's hell, of course. Hacker
News immediately comes to mind, for an example.

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Dijit · 2022-02-14 13:19

Unsure, my immediate thought is that it's much more civil on
Darkscience than those other places. But there has been the occasional
troll, I think the rules might give you a good picture:

https://sh.drk.sc/~dijit/ds-rules.html

https://www.darkscience.net/irc/rules/

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rubinlinux · 2022-02-14 15:27

Afternet

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[deleted] · 2022-02-14 15:41

I'm on EFnet
Smaller than it ever was

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McDutchie · 2022-02-14 18:11

www.starlink-irc.org

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Batmanhush024 · 2022-02-14 19:35

[irc.rizon.net](https://irc.rizon.net) ,,Join #Batcave-chat and
#Batcave  along with #elite-chat

Connect to irc.rizon.net using ports 6660-6670 and 7000 for standard
connections, or 6697/9999 for SSL connections. youll find me there all
the time ,,Batmanhush

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rickcarlino · 2022-02-14 21:38

You might enjoy [the Tildverse](https://tildeverse.org/). Most Tilde
servers run IRC services.