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Why do you use IRC?
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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I think I will work on setting it up again tomm.
I miss having a terminal window open with my irc client.
I'll just have to go re-remember how to setup federation, linked instances, and all of that jazz....
Any suggestions where to start?
Well. There are a few places around. The big ones are places like libera.chat, oftc.net, etc. Those are HUGE though (By irc standards) so sometimes it can get overwhelming trying to find somewhere to just hang out and chat. Slightly smaller servers tend to work better as an introduction, at least to me. Things like tilde.chat which has a clearly defined main chat area, and a lot of more niche chats for things you might be interested in.
Generally, if you get started on one server, and make some friends, join a few channels, find some interests, you'll find your servers expanding. It's a large enough ecosystem to have a LOT of people, but small enough that you'll bump in to people you already know if you try multiple servers. Which is nice.
Very interesting! I don't have that many tech friends just regular friends.