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Ask HN: Where do HN people hangout online?

89 points by alpb ↗ HN
Just wondering, is it possible to find people actively following HN on any online instant messaging platform like IRC or a web site? Are there any conveniences or common habbits you observed between communication of the users of this community?

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samlev
I (and a few others, I think) hang out in #cobol on irc.synirc.net (which is Something Awful's "Cavern Of COBOL" channel)
jarin
I like #cobol, even though there seems to be a surprising lack of programmer talk :D
templaedhel
The #startups channel in irc.freenode.net is full of HN'ers, and usually active.
ahalan
Quora, where else
goshakkk
Can you invite me to Quora please?
chromedude
Why do you need an invite? It is open to everybody.
goshakkk
Hmm, but it shows me I need an invite. Maybe because I'm not from US... http://cl.ly/2g18003S1D3q0v3p1P23
chromedude
weird - if you want an invite just email me at srmorrisonjit [at] gmail
nestoras
People outside the US need an invite for some reason. Can't guess why.
auxbuss
Invite sent. Enjoy! And Merry Christmas :)
a_a_r_o_n
My memory is terrible, but I don't remember having to be invited to Quora, and I have an account.
wantrepreneur
Quora is open for registrations,not sure if this was valid only out of the US,but you just have to choose "login with facebook"
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ahalan
oh, and StackOverflow, Github, Metaoptimize, some Twiter groups, a tiny bit of LinkedIn, and Facebook if I need to talk to my aunty
JL2010
Various stack-exchange sites. I'm more of a hardware type so the Electrical Engineering stack-exchange is the one I frequent most.
Lost_BiomedE
Google+ . I have over 200 people in my HN circle. Do a search here. There are threads where people put there info to add them.
rokhayakebe
On hn. This place is filled with people who love tech business and other interesting things like hiking, music, history and any other topics. It just so happens that hn is where they come to talk tech. The other places they go to hang out maybe totally outside of that. For example hn owns the vast majority of my on line time , then I spent a huge amount of time reading about religions, old scriptures etc and that has little to do w what we talk about here.
JonnieCache
#ruby or any other language's channel on freenode is a good bet.
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