How we use IRC

If you have questions about anything Diaspora-related, the best way to get an answer quickly is to visit us in IRC. An IRC "channel" is roughly equivalent to a chatroom, or a text-based group chat in Skype, or a Campfire room.

It's fairly low-tech as group communication goes, but since we have contributors all over the world in different time zones and with different levels of internet access, it works well for us.

Channels

We have 3 official IRC channels. Click the link to the join the channel in a new browser window. You can also download and use an IRC client such as Colloquy for OS X or mIRC for Windows.

• #diaspora on irc.freenode.net - general discussion and help for folks installing Diaspora
• #diaspora-dev on irc.freenode.net - discussion of the source code and help for new developer contributors
• #diaspora-de on irc.freenode.net - discussion in German.

Oh and don't ask if you can ask something, just ask

Non-IRC Help

We have two mailing lists, both Google groups. They tend to have a slightly different audience than the IRC channels, so if you can't get your question answered in IRC, you can try here.

• Discussion list - Google group for discussion of non-technical topics
• Development discussion list - Google group for discussion of installation, source code, and other technical topics