If you plan to come to the chat repeatedly, you may also want to protect your identity in the form of your nick. If you have to leave, you can check the chatlogs to see if someone replied to you after you left (but often people won't reply to someone who's already left).

Stick around and someone will get back to you later. IRC is asynchronous and the people who may have the answer might not be around just this second.

See ' Don't ask to ask, just ask' for a slightly more in-depth discussion. 'Don't ask to ask just ask.' Don't ask for permission to ask a question or ask if anyone's around with expertise in the area you want to ask about.Some rules of thumb that will make you (and everyone else) have a better time: If you are not familiar with how IRC works, it can seem a bit odd at first. Because of issues with spammers nickname registration is required ( see guide) before you can view or join the discussion.Īll users of the IRC channels are expected to follow the Code of Conduct as well as the general guidelines of the Libera.Chat network. If you're new to all of this IRC stuff and want to ask a question not related to technical code stuff, or just say hi, click here to join the #musicbrainz channel via your browser.

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