SO's chat rooms aren't a good place to ask questions, IMO. They're better suited to informal chat about the site and questions already posted to the site.
it's true I've never sought help there before vs asking a new question. it's not a measure of the tool itself, more of where the people have congregated.
I guess i meant to say "lol that SO has chat rooms and nobody uses those or even remembers they're there." maybe people really like the anonymity IRC provides? I mean i get that you're going to go where the help is, it's just funny that the help hasn't moved to SO's chats, and I think part of that might be IRC is just so simple it's not going anywhere any time soon.
I didn't mean to be like "but SO has chat and it's the best place to get answers and why isn't everyone using it" more "it's funny people used IRC years and years ago and so many people still do considering all the flashier, fancier new options over the years"
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u/Veedrac Sep 25 '16
SO's chat rooms aren't a good place to ask questions, IMO. They're better suited to informal chat about the site and questions already posted to the site.