# What am I doing wrong? (SDMB Chatl) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408 "2004-01-21T02:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/1 "2004-01-21T02:40:19Z")
Umm…so I thought about going to the SDMB chat and have a live journal account, etc. I get to the chat screen no problem but it tells me that I have to type “/join #your channel number” before it let’s me do anything. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/2 "2004-01-21T04:39:38Z")
> [@Sat on Cookie](#): > > Umm…so I thought about going to the SDMB chat and have a live journal account, etc. I get to the chat screen no problem but it tells me that I have to type “/join #your channel number” before it let’s me do anything. Huh? Once you’re inside a chat program, to get to the straightdope chatroom you have to join it - that’s what that /j means. The chatroom you want is #straightdope. Any chatroom is preceeded by the # sign, then the name, no space, if you want to join other ones. So type: /j #straightdope Make sure the IRC chat server you are using is an undernet server (it will have [Undernet.org](http://Undernet.org) as the last part of the address) otherwise you won’t find us! Standard disclaimer: #straightdope and the people therein are not affiliated with the Straight Dope, Chicago Reader, Cecil Adams, erc. Talk to us at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/3 "2004-01-21T04:51:24Z")
Were you trying to connect today? From teemingmillions? If so, you came in multiple times… at least a dozen or more, but you kept disconnecting. I’d suggest downloading mIRC and then follow **mnemosyne** ’s advice on how to join us. We’re mostly a nice group but watch out for **Jessity**. She bites. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/4 "2004-01-21T11:56:02Z")
[http://www.undernet.org/webchat.php](http://www.undernet.org/webchat.php) Click there, click connect. Let it install the small applet needed to run. Once you are connected an see people chatting type /join #straightdope to connect to the correct channel. The names on the right are the people in the channel. You start off in #newbie when you connect, so you need to move to #straightdope using the command above. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/5 "2004-01-21T18:22:05Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Were you trying to connect today? From teemingmillions? If so, you came in multiple times… at least a dozen or more, but you kept disconnecting. > > I’d suggest downloading mIRC and then follow **mnemosyne** ’s advice on how to join us. We’re mostly a nice group but watch out for **Jessity**. She bites. **Aesiron** , honey, you should know by now it’s not Jessity you need to be afraid of… ::MsRobyn prepares her Fish o’ Doom:: Robin ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/6 "2004-01-21T18:36:10Z")
Thanks, you guys. I actually didn’t receive a notification that this had received any responses so I was busy hiding under my bed and feeling like a loser. I just wanted a little chat! Actually, Jessity was very nice to me. She tried (in vain) to help. I could see who was in the room but couldn’t seem to see anything going on. I’ll try again with the above advice. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/7 "2004-01-21T20:50:46Z")
[Slight hijack] Using mIRC and undernet, I don’t see #straightdope. I wonder if this has something to do with my ISP. Bob [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-sdmb-chatl/225408/8 "2004-01-22T00:09:39Z")
> [@urban1z](#): > > [Slight hijack] > Using mIRC and undernet, I don’t see #straightdope. I wonder if this has something to do with my ISP. > > Bob > > [/slight hijack] #straightdope isn’t in the default channel list. To join, either add it to your channel list or type /join #straightdope in the status box. See you there! Robin