[jebediah]

But the whole point is to have a general place with lots of people where all things hacker could be talked about, I spend some time on topic-specific IRC channels but I don't want to talk about python or arch all day, I wanted a channel that was about the community

[lozf]

For s sense of community, perhaps your local hackerspace has a channel that can help. If you don't have a local hackerspace, consider starting one, or at least occasionally participating in something less local.