> To me, IRC has always been a "grapevine" tool, where etiquette, social pecking orders and gossip are shared amongst a smallish close-knit social circle. Language or domain specific channels are great for getting rapid responses to well thought out queries. whereas #java (even its mods) frequently sound like pre-teens yelling profanity at each other on XBox Live.Īlthough I agree with you, as others have pointed out you're selling IRC short for certain use cases. However, I've found that those first two channels are welcoming and thoughtful, with interesting discussion always taking place. You would think that channels like #clojure and #go-nuts would be populated by immature hipsters, while #java would be made up of 40-something corporate types. Ironically, they degrade over time as their underlying technology matures. From what I've seen, the nicer communities are the newer channels. I've lost interest in general chat, outside of specific questions and answers.
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Likewise, I throw out a quick question of my own every now and then, when I'm afraid it's too subjective in nature to avoid being closed by StackOverflow-lawyers. so that during builds, or other short bursts of idle time, I can glace over and see if there are any questions I can answer.
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I leave a connection to Freenode running while I'm at work, in a few channels related to my job. I don't know that there are too many interesting "abstract" IRC communities, beyond those Freenode channels specific to a given programming language or technology.