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    <h2>Want to join HackSoc? A good place to start is joining the chat!</h2>
    <p>Before joining, please read our <a href="{{url_for('.render_page', page='coc')}}">Code of Conduct</a>. If you want to know more about how we use our chat platforms, read through the Guidelines and Conventions on the same page.</p>
    <h3>Discord</h3>
    <p>Our primary chat platform is Discord. You can join using <a href="https://discord.gg/Kmnw2a7TTq">this link</a>.</p>
    <h3>Slack</h3>
    <p>We also have a <a href="https://hacksoc-york.slack.com/signup">Slack workspace</a>, which is bridged to many of our Discord server's channels. You can join with your @york.ac.uk email address or email <a href="mailto:hack@yusu.org">hack@yusu.org</a> to request access.</p>
    <h3>IRC</h3>
    <p>We have an IRC channel, connected to our Discord's #general channel. You can join the chat using Libera Chat's <a href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#hacksoc">webchat</a> (<strong>#hacksoc</strong> on <strong>irc.libera.chat</strong>).</p>
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  <p>Our chat system of choice is Discord. However, we've kept the option of using our legacy platforms of Slack and IRC. Note that, whilst a few channels are bridged between Discord, IRC, and Slack, there are plenty that aren't, and <strong>you'll miss out on most of the conversation if you're not on Discord</strong>.</p>
  <p>IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is a protocol with a long and glorious history stretching back into the mists of time. It's a pretty simple system for online chatrooms, and you don't even need a special program to connect to it, although they do exist.</p>

  <ol>
    <li>You don't need a special program: see the <a href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#hacksoc">webchat</a></li>

    <li>You don't talk to individuals on a contact list, you join channels: a group of people talking about the same topic.</li>

    <li>When you start up a client you'll have to connect to a server and channel. We use <strong>#hacksoc</strong> on <strong>irc.libera.chat</strong></li>

    <li>You can change your name with <code>/nick new_name</code>, and join a new channel with <code>/join #channel_name</code></li>
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  <p>There is also the #cs-york channel, also on <a href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#cs-york">on Libera Chat</a>. This is not HackSoc's channel, but it is a great place to chat about CS stuff. Many HackSoc members also hang around there.</p>
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