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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 11 May 2013 07:32:09AM *  2 points [-]

I think the same might work with online forums. E.g. an interesting way to motivate oneself to learn programming might be to spend a lot of time hanging out on the IRC channels for the tools you want to learn.

Comment author: ModusPonies 11 May 2013 02:35:41PM 0 points [-]

Anecdotally, this seems to work. I've become a much better writer while spending a lot of time in a writers' irc channel.

Comment author: marchdown 17 May 2013 07:49:40PM 2 points [-]

Could you name some actual writer's IRC channels? I've never seen any.

Comment author: ModusPonies 17 May 2013 08:50:42PM 0 points [-]

I've seen exactly one, and it's a private channel for the editorial staff of a blog that curates My Little Pony fanfiction. (Yes, this is actually a thing.)