Re:Ask HN: Do you still use IRC?
by navait on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @01:51PM
(#11856236)
I don't use IRC for my social life, but it's essential to my professional and software life.
Freenode, without a doubt. I've learned a lot discussing stuff on the channel, received a lot of help, and met a lot of people.
My favorite channels:
#vim - Super helpful, from extreme newb questions, to learning how to us vim more efficently, to plugin discussion, and learning about features you never even asked for
#python - Another friendly community from the pythonista to someone new to programming.
Things I don't like:
- Disconnects. It's 2016, it's absurd I need to use a VPS to keep up with my channels on a laptop.
- Join spam
- Excessive reliance on bots
- Hard for newbies, leading to a monoculture and excessive like minded thinking.
Freenode, without a doubt. I've learned a lot discussing stuff on the channel, received a lot of help, and met a lot of people.
My favorite channels:
#vim - Super helpful, from extreme newb questions, to learning how to us vim more efficently, to plugin discussion, and learning about features you never even asked for
#python - Another friendly community from the pythonista to someone new to programming.
Things I don't like:
- Disconnects. It's 2016, it's absurd I need to use a VPS to keep up with my channels on a laptop.
- Join spam
- Excessive reliance on bots
- Hard for newbies, leading to a monoculture and excessive like minded thinking.