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→The people in channels
Because of this, people will often check to see if someone is really there before talking to them. By convention, people will use the person's nick and "ping" or "ping?" instead of saying, "are you there?":
<don> funnyfunny_guy: ping
<funny_guy> don: pong
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<jim> pong
The person will often respond with '''"pong." ''' People preface text like ping/pong with a person's nick so that their client will alert them to it. This is helpful when there are a lot of people talking at once in a channel. (NOTE: ChatZilla automatically remembers all text that was directed to your nick so you can scan it later. You can see it in the '''moznet''' tab).
It is normal to join conversations in the middle without being invited (within reason and assuming you know the people talking ).