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href="/doc/Communication">Communication</a> / <a href="/doc/Communication/ChatBrainz" style="font-weight:bold">ChatBrainz</a></h1><div><html><head></head><body><div class="mw-parser-output"><p>MetaBrainz uses the Matrix platform for real-time discussion. We also maintain bridges to the IRC and Discord chat platforms. The (hopefully invisible) system behind all of our chat platforms is called 'ChatBrainz'. <p>All messages on the main channels are logged (see BrainzBot). <div aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" class="toc" id="toc" role="navigation"><input class="toctogglecheckbox" id="toctogglecheckbox" role="button" style="display:none" type="checkbox" /><div class="toctitle" dir="ltr" lang="en"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Join_the_chat"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Join the chat</span></a><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Channels"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Channels</span></a><ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="##musicbrainz"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">#musicbrainz</span></a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="##bookbrainz"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">#bookbrainz</span></a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="##listenbrainz"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">#listenbrainz</span></a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Other"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Other</span></a></ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#BrainzBot"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">BrainzBot</span></a><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Usage_tips"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Usage tips</span></a></ul></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Join_the_chat">Join the chat</span></h2><p><b>Matrix</b><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://matrix.to/#/#metabrainz-all:chatbrainz.org" rel="nofollow">MetaBrainz on Matrix</a></ul><p><b>IRC</b><ul><li><span class="external text"><a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/musicbrainz" rel="nofollow">#musicbrainz</a>, <a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/metabrainz" rel="nofollow">#metabrainz</a>, <a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/bookbrainz" rel="nofollow">#bookbrainz</a> and <a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/listenbrainz" rel="nofollow">#listenbrainz</a> on irc.libera.chat</span><li><span class="external text"><a class="external text" href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#musicbrainz" rel="nofollow">#musicbrainz</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#metabrainz" rel="nofollow">#metabrainz</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#bookbrainz" rel="nofollow">#bookbrainz</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#listenbrainz" rel="nofollow">#listenbrainz</a> on Kiwi IRC (no account/install required)</span><li class="mw-empty-elt"></ul><p><b>Discord</b><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://discord.gg/R4hBw972QA" rel="nofollow">MetaBrainz on Discord</a> Note: The Discord bridge does not support DMs to users on Matrix/IRC</ul><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Channels">Channels</span></h2><p><b>#metabrainz</b> The development and general MetaBrainz channel. <p>Apart from MusicBrainz development, this channel also hosts general <a class="extiw" href="https://metabrainz.org/">MetaBrainz</a> talk, including discussion about all the other *Brainz projects: <a class="extiw" href="https://bookbrainz.org/">BookBrainz</a>, <a class="extiw" href="https://critiquebrainz.org/">CritiqueBrainz</a>, <a href="/doc/AcousticBrainz">AcousticBrainz</a>, <a class="extiw" href="https://listenbrainz.org/">ListenBrainz</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://messybrainz.org/" rel="nofollow">MessyBrainz</a>, and the <a href="/doc/Cover_Art_Archive">Cover Art Archive</a>/<a href="/doc/Event_Art_Archive">Event Art Archive</a>. There is a weekly <a href="/doc/MetaBrainz_Meeting">MetaBrainz meeting</a> held in this channel. <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/metabrainz/" rel="nofollow">Current chat log</a><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/" rel="nofollow">Previous chat log</a> (until the 25th of May 2021)</ul><h3><span id=".23musicbrainz"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="#musicbrainz">#musicbrainz</span></h3><p>The MusicBrainz community and support channel. <p>Among the regulars in this channel are quite a few of the <a class="extiw" href="https://metabrainz.org/team">developers</a> as well as some of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/doc/Auto-Editor">auto-editors</a> and other active MusicBrainz users. Anything related to MusicBrainz, including <a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard">Picard</a> and other <a href="/doc/Products">MusicBrainz products</a>, is welcome here. References to chat in MusicBrainz generally refer to this channel. As in many communities, the regulars in the channel have their own <a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Slang">slang</a>. <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/musicbrainz/" rel="nofollow">Current chat log</a><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/musicbrainz/" rel="nofollow">Previous chat log</a> (until the 25th of May 2021)</ul><h3><span id=".23bookbrainz"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="#bookbrainz">#bookbrainz</span></h3><p>The BookBrainz community and support channel. <p>Among the regulars in this channel are the <a class="extiw" href="https://metabrainz.org/team">developers</a> as well as other active BookBrainz editors and community members. Anything related to BookBrainz is welcome here. References to chat in BookBrainz generally refer to this channel. <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/bookbrainz/" rel="nofollow">Current chat log</a><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/bookbrainz/" rel="nofollow">Previous chat log</a> (until the 25th of May 2021)</ul><h3><span id=".23listenbrainz"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="#listenbrainz">#listenbrainz</span></h3><p>The ListenBrainz community and support channel. <p>Anything related to ListenBrainz is welcome here. References to chat in ListenBrainz generally refer to this channel. <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/listenbrainz/" rel="nofollow">Current chat log</a></ul><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other">Other</span></h3><p>Some platforms have other (sometimes non-bridged and/or non-logged) channels. If you have a question or discussion that needs community input, we encourage you to use bridged and logged channels. <p>For instance, there are these IRC channels in languages other than English: <ul><li><a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/musicbrainz-de" rel="nofollow">#musicbrainz-de</a> (german/deutsch; <a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/musicbrainz-de/" rel="nofollow">current chat log</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/musicbrainz-de/" rel="nofollow">pre-Libera chat log</a>)<li><a class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/musicbrainz-ja" rel="nofollow">#musicbrainz-ja</a> (japanese/日本語) (<a class="external text" href="http://hcm.fam.cx/mbja/chatlog.cgi" rel="nofollow">今日のログ</a>/<a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/libera/musicbrainz-ja/" rel="nofollow">current chat log</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/musicbrainz-ja/" rel="nofollow">pre-Libera chat log</a>)</ul><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="BrainzBot">BrainzBot</span></h2><p>BrainzBot is a bot which logs all conversations in the MetaBrainz IRC channels. You can see all of the chat log archives at <a class="external free" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/" rel="nofollow">https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/</a>. <p><b>BrainzBot will not log messages that start with "[off]"</b>, so feel free to use that if you have some sensitive messages. <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Usage_tips">Usage tips</span></h2><p>All users of the chat channels are expected to follow the <a class="extiw" href="https://metabrainz.org/code-of-conduct">Code of Conduct</a> as well as the guidelines of your chat platform. <p>IRC also has some rules of thumb that can help you (and everyone else) have a better time: <ol><li>"Don't ask to ask; just ask." Don't ask for permission to ask a question or ask if anyone's around with expertise in the area you want to ask about. Just ask your question. See "<a class="external text" href="http://sol.gfxile.net/dontask.html" rel="nofollow">Don't ask to ask, just ask</a>" for a slightly more in-depth discussion.<li>If using IRC, don't ask and then quit. IRC is <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_communication">asynchronous</a> and the people who may have the answer might not be around just this second. Stick around and someone will get back to you later. If you have to leave, check <a class="external text" href="https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/" rel="nofollow">the chatlogs</a> to see if someone replied to you after you left (but often people won't reply to someone who's already left).<li>If you plan to come to the chat repeatedly, you may want to protect your identity in the form of your nick. 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