If you click the green Start... button at this page: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/perl6?nick=chris... (change the nick if you want) you'll join the real time chat room (IRC) dedicated to developing Perl 6. (Here's today's log if you want to look first: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/today

You can type 'hi', ask folk to read your above comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10565204 ), and then seen what unfolds when you chat for a few minutes. :)