Re:Ask HN: Do you still use IRC?
by cauterized on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @07:28PM
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Like a lot of people, not for social purposes of internal communications, but to engage with open source communities on FreeNode.
There are a half dozen projects I use whose IRC channels are the best place to get urgent help or to talk through a complex problem or corner case. For the ones whose mailing lists are full of tumbleweeds, it can be the only viable option to get help.
There are a half dozen projects I use whose IRC channels are the best place to get urgent help or to talk through a complex problem or corner case. For the ones whose mailing lists are full of tumbleweeds, it can be the only viable option to get help.