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Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by fosco on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:19PM (#14208719)
Holy smokes, I found https://www.hnchat.com/

check it out.

Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by simplehuman on Thursday April 27, 2017 @01:44AM (#14209443)
Just did. I think OP wants a civilized discussion channel :)
Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by ahazred8ta on Thursday April 27, 2017 @11:37AM (#14212280)
Bug: hnchat's 'N users online' list shows users who are arguably not online
Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by matbram on Thursday April 27, 2017 @01:54PM (#14213434)
Yeah, great community for HN folks is ##passiveincome on Freenode

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23%23passiveincome&ui...

Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by mindcrime on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:34PM (#14208774)
#startups on Freenode IRC. There's also a #hn channel, but there's never anybody in there.
Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by lockjawh on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:29PM (#14208498)
Are you referring​ to a channel? Or the client itself? I believe the channel startups on freenode has catered to the HN community (and was where I heard about it initially), however I'm not sure how many users it has online typically.
Re:Ask HN: Does a IRC or equivalent chat exist for HNers? by fosco on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:36PM (#14208538)
channel or area where people chat in a chatroom type deal. I'll take a look at startup, thanks!