[decentrality]

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.

[decentrality]

All that really needs to happen is Op presence by some means of figuring out who gets that, some sort of management of the channel, and consistent reminders in comments, like:

Great idea: for X reason! Or, you are so wrong: for X reason. But why don't you pitch this some more on #hackernews on freenode?

[jebediah]

Though I think this document exagerates a little, by hacker I meant this: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

[jaekwon]

I just logged onto #hackernews on freenode.

My god, it's full of avatars!

[decentrality]

Since my original comment about #hackernews on freenode, the room filled up and got talking and so far it does not suck.

[ld00d]

I don't know about others, but I find IRC a little intimidating. So I get in, but I never speak. I just hide out in the corner and sip my beer.

[jebediah]

I feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open

[decentrality]

Lurking in IRC is fine, being extroverted is fine. The ability to even remotely understand who HN actually is is weird enough without talking. Otherwise all there is are single line headlines, terse often neckbeardy comments, and no real-time presence -- no "moment" to figure out what even some of these people here really are. So far whether you lurk or talk it's better than just looking at the posts and threads.

[decentrality]

So far it has gone from about 13-15 people to over 110 people.