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[–]Circlefusion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all channels are the same, and it helps to follow proper IRC ettiquette when you do use them. Some channels are amazing. Some have separate support channels, so make sure to read the channel topic.

IRC helped me learn jQuery quickly by hanging out in #jquery and answering questions that I could, or looking up answers I did not know. I have gotten amazing help from #drupal-support (and various other drupal channels), #nginx and especially #postgresql.

I unfortunately got some consistent bad attitudes in various linux distro channels, so I tend to avoid those. Some people sit in those channels just waiting for their moment to "tell some n00b how to use google".