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Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?

by jebediah on 8/31/14, 12:41 PM with 27 comments

Is there a forum or irc channel aimed at all hackers? I have never managed to find a good one

  • by decentrality on 8/31/14, 1:50 PM

    Why not just all jump into #hackernews? What does hackers mean again? Who's definition?

    If you're actually looking for HN people, why don't we just participate on #hackernews on freenode.

  • by izolate on 8/31/14, 1:40 PM

    Never found a good one either. I think it's because HN members stay in their respective domain channels - #python #javascript for example.

    #startups on freenode is supposedly made up of HN crowd, but I've never found it a friendly place.

  • by brooksgarrett on 8/31/14, 2:16 PM

    The biggest problem with this question is the breadth of the term 'hacker'. Hackers tend to clump into whatever projects they are currently working on. Try starting off in places like #ubuntu and other projects (that interest you!) that are very newbie friendly. Master a topic and try helping other newbies with that topic. It takes time but my personal experience is the best way to be involved in the 'hacker' culture is to be recognized as someone who brings value and contributions back to the group, regardless of the size of those contributions.

  • by moepstar on 8/31/14, 1:33 PM

    Hm, if there isn't one already (and i know of none) i guess the only answer is:

    Set one up on a network that has a high # of hackers, tinkerers etc.

    IMHO, this network could be chat.freenode.net

    When you're done, let people know in this thread and i'm sure they'll come...

    P.S.: There's a channel named #startups already on freenode which seems to have a few people from HN already...

  • by bilalel on 8/31/14, 2:40 PM

    Slack [0] is a piece of beauty for community/team communication. I don't if there is already a HN channel on it.

    [0] https://www.slack.com/

  • by bussiere on 8/31/14, 2:18 PM

    look at irc channel of different hackerspace ... as that one : http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/London_Hackspace

  • by a3voices on 8/31/14, 1:55 PM

    Why would you want to chat with hackers? Might as well just go into work and talk to coworkers.