NEW Ubuntu IRC Channel!

[GCoffee]

Hello!

You are all invited to come and chat on the IRC Channel #ubuntuchat on DALNet

If you do not IRC A great place to get started is to download Xchat gnome on the Repositories and come and join the channel!

All Ubuntu Chat Is Welcome!

Hope to see you there!

[misfitpierce]

Whats wrong with the standard #Ubuntu room? lol

[PartisanEntity]

Whats wrong with the standard #Ubuntu room? lol

That's what I was thinking

[DoctorMO]

Whats wrong with the standard #Ubuntu room? lol

The large number of people joining and quiting causing lots of status messages
Too many questions scrolling past too quickly
Not many people there are regular enough to form a community
Too volatile and not administrated to any great degree

[Xbehave]

Too volatile and not administrated to any great degree

I think its over administerd, idle both #ubuntu and #kubunut and youll see that one takes the rules far too seriously! (even when its quite)

[GCoffee]

The large number of people joining and quiting causing lots of status messages
Too many questions scrolling past too quickly
Not many people there are regular enough to form a community
Too volatile and not administrated to any great degree

I was thinking along those lines...

[days_of_ruin]

lol irc...

[GCoffee]

Is IRC out of date or something?!

[fatality_uk]

Is IRC out of date or something?!

No but it's quite a lot to handle for a new comer unless they know what IRC is about.

I have a seen a number of times someone post a question and then just see it get lost in the chatter. That gets people peeved and they just start posting random rants about stuff

[toupeiro]

Is IRC out of date or something?!

well, in contrast with the other methods of communication available now, I'd say yes. I was using IRC some 12 years ago, and it was already well established by then. It's even older than gopher, and was initally designed with BBS's in mind. IRC is where script kiddies go to cut their teeth now. They go and download a shell or script for mIRC and dump its macro's all over the chat room. When you have a busy room, its cumbersome to maintain a conversation, and you usually sidebar conversations because you can't keep up, so whats the point? Might as well use forums which are much better structured for a large community.