Public channel recommendations

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You can use search.jabber.network to find public channels. Most XMPP clients have a channel search feature, too.

Here are some channels I can recommend. Please read their rules before you post.

Non-technical channels

  1. The news channel, the news discussion channel, and the uplifting news channel
  2. The Art Café, for admirers & creators of all arts. A place to share and discuss literature, poetry, music, sound, painting, illustration, comics/graphic novels, photography, sculpture, dance, theatre, film, TV, games, crafts…
  3. The gaming channel, a safe space for gaming discussion
  4. The channel for DnD and other tabletop RPGs
  5. The anime and manga channel, a safe space for fans of anime and manga
  6. The channel for vegans, with frequent food pictures and cooking discussions
  7. The Little Project Hub - dedicated to physical DIY projects, including gardening, housing, woodworking, welding, 3D printing, car tuning, etc.
  8. The Earthward channel for earth-centered living, permaculture, gardening, and the environment. Also gets a lot of nature/animal photos and videos - jokingly called the National Geographic Channel of XMPP 🙂
  9. The Cat Café, the channel for felines and their friends.
  10. The anarchism channel
  11. The channel for natural sciences
  12. The philosophy channel
  13. The channel for Nonviolent Communication / Compassionate Communication
  14. The Mental Health Chat, a safe space to talk about mental health
  15. The channel for LGBTQIA+ and their allies.
  16. The channel for Indians and Indophiles
  17. The Wanderer's Inn, the channel for travelers, their stories, and their gear
  18. The bicycles channel, hosted by a professional bicycle repairer. Has some velomobile users too.
  19. The XMPP Railway Yard - a channel for fans of trains.
  20. The public transit channel, with a lot of urban planning discussions.
  21. The carnuts channel for car-lovers

Technical channels

  1. The JoinJabber channel, a safe space for XMPP users and developers
  2. The Tinkerspace, a safe space for programming and general tech discussion
  3. The Guix channel
  4. The Emacs channel
  5. The Lisp channel (for Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, Clojure, PicoLisp, and others)
  6. The Open Hardware Chat
  7. The channel for LineageOS and other Android ROMs
  8. The channel for postmarketOS
  9. The Free Software Community of India
  10. The Mechanical Keyboards channel

OpenStreetMap communities

  1. The global OpenStreetMap channel
  2. The French OSM community
  3. The German OSM community
  4. The Indian OSM community
  5. The Delhi OSM community - this channel is mostly used for mapping party organization. General OSM talk should go into the Indian OSM community.
  6. The West Bengal OSM community