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<div class="box wide">
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<div class="legend">
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Lobsters Chat
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<div class="story_text">
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<p>
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An official real-time discussion channel is available to members and guests
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of the site, hosted on the
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<a href="http://www.freenode.net" rel="nofollow">Freenode IRC network</a>
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in <tt>#lobsters</tt>. This channel was originally
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<a href="/s/2hdoop">created</a>
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by
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<a href="/u/kristof">@kristof</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The policies and ideals of the discussion channel are the same as the
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website; quality content and conversing, respect for other users, and no
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spamming. Slightly off-topic discussion is generally acceptable. The
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channel isn't busy enough that there's always someone talking, so don't be
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surprised if you try to start a conversation and no one responds. Leave it
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open and you'll see activity, though we're most active during US work hours.
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</p>
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<p>
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New contributors are always welcome on Lobsters, but pestering other members
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in the channel for invites is not acceptable. If you are the author or
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otherwise involved with a story that was submitted to the site, ask and
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someone will invite you. Alternately, offer some good links or thoughts on a
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story and someone will likely invite you so can post them.
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<p>
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Lurking in the channel is a bot called "<tt>mockturtle</tt>" created and
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maintained by <a href="/u/alynpost">@alynpost</a>.
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It announces new stories submitted to the site and provides other useful
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features like showing the page title of other URLs mentioned in the channel.
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</p>
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To participate in the discussion, join the
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<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/lobsters"><tt>#lobsters</tt></a> channel on
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<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt> with an IRC client.
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</p>
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<p>
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For a feed of stories without discussion, <tt>mockturtle</tt> also posts new
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stories in <a
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href="irc://irc.freenode.net/lobsters-feed"><tt>#lobsters-feed</tt></a>
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on the same network.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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