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Has any thought been put into creating a PF channel on some network, perhaps even your own?
Should Physics Forums have an IRC chat channel?
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It's on our list of things to do 
Dagenais
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IRC chats are evil. OPs are corrupt with the little power they have, there is always a troll, someone who TYPS LIK THIS!
How about just a chat, like DigiChat based on the website?
How about just a chat, like DigiChat based on the website?
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Dagenais said:
I don't see how the risk is any more great than a forum and we handle things pretty well
Chen
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A chat is a chat is a chat. What difference do the protocol or platform make?Dagenais said:
motai
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An attempt was made earlier to put PF on IRC. It was hosted on dduardo's temporary server and was moved to irc.tehnicom.net. I think it fizzled out because only a few people were on at a time, and several of the discussions were mainly about women
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The #physics channel on freenode is a good place to hang, FWIW
eljose
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I would never recommend an IRC chat..i used once and i had my computer "hacked"..IRC channel are very (or can be) dangerous...i would study other alternatives...
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