IRC

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Pumping Station: One has an IRC channel on Freenode:

server: irc.freenode.net
channel: #pumpingstationone

If you don't know how to or can't use an IRC client, you can use our web chat instead. You'll be chatting in no time.

The channel's useful for talking to members and parts of our outlying non-member community. If you have a problem or questions, voiced (people with a + symbol) users should be able to help you.

Web Client

Follow this link: web chat

Matrix

https://matrix.org is another chat technology. Its IRC integration is pretty nice, but #pumpingstationone is not quite one click away, yet.

Some options: https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pumpingstationone:matrix.org https://app.element.io/#/register

Of those options, Element is popular. Works well on both desktop and phones. We use it to send cat pictures pretty often ;)

To create an account, run a client and it will walk you though it. for instance:

https://matrix.org/try-now/

* Start element web
* try element 
* open in your browser 
* create account

Once you sign yourself up for an account, then #pumpingstationone is one click away: https://app.element.io/app/#/room/#freenode_#pumpingstationone:matrix.org

irssi

   irssi
   /server irc.freenode.net
   /join #pumpingstationone

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