# Would be nice if Eve Online had a general chat. Thats called general chat. Not mining **URL:** \ **Category:** Assembly Hall\ **Created:** [July 7, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474 "2026-07-07T02:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![varrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/varrra/32/504015_2.png) [@varrra](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/varrra)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/1 "2026-07-07T02:31:11Z")
title make a general chat channel, and call the general chat [general chat] instead of mining chat ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/2 "2026-07-07T03:37:38Z")
No thanks. Game-wide default general chats in my experience are vile toxic places of slurs and spam at a rate even moderation cannot keep up. You only need one or two bad apples to make a chat awful, and if you put thousands of people in the same chat that’s a near guarantee. In EVE Rookie help as a game-wide chat occasionally gets close to that when there’s a new troll, but has the benefit that it’s often moderated and is about a strict topic which limits the problem somewhat. Games with game-wide general chats have a major flaw with that chat which encourages the idea that the game is to be played by edgy teens and like-minded people who all see it like a challenge to be edgier than the previous one while they try to see how far they can go to shock the huge audience the game has so easily provided them before they catch a warning, mute or ban. Most sane people would quickly leave such a chat, resulting in a positive feedback cycle with negative results where the only participating players in such a chat _enjoy_ this toxic spam of slurs: Every new player is then automatically joining this chat and greeted by a wall of text posted by the lowest of the low, which suggests to them this is ‘normal’ in that game as some sort of the worst first impression you could give them in a game. No thanks. If you wish to chat, why not join a group of players or one of the chat channels made by players about a topic you like? Or you could chat in local, I hear Jita is usually crowded. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/3 "2026-07-07T11:55:27Z")
What Gerard said. The closest we have to a general chat is probably Jita local and look how bad that is. ---
**Author:** ![Honzas\_Krutas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/honzas_krutas/32/497382_2.png) [@Honzas\_Krutas](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Honzas_Krutas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/4 "2026-07-07T19:23:13Z")
Jita local chat is what you want. I propose you to go there, live there and enjoy general chat with other players. ---
**Author:** ![Sara\_Seraph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sara_seraph/32/495525_2.png) [@Sara\_Seraph](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sara_Seraph)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/5 "2026-07-07T19:45:12Z")
Moderated or not Moderated? That is the question. Nothing prevents a player from starting their own general EVE verse chat. ---
**Author:** ![varrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/varrra/32/504015_2.png) [@varrra](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/varrra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/6 "2026-07-08T15:05:33Z")
You could have a chat for these so-called “vile” “horrible” “low life” people who like things like femboys and having fun and being happy. and another chat for you “normal” people @Sara_Seraph and theres no way to find other players player-made chat channels. you have to get a invite personally from someone already in it, orelse you never get in. theres no player-made chat channel browser or discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/7 "2026-07-08T16:35:46Z")
> [@varrra](#): > > You could have a chat for these so-called “vile” “horrible” “low life” people who like things like femboys and having fun and being happy. Femboy chat isn’t what I was thinking about when I mentioned vile toxic places of slurs and spam. But frankly I don’t think the game should facilitate you a game-wide audience to listen to femboy chat by default either. It’s not really game-related, is it? Why not make your own general femboy chat and advertise it in local chat, discord, this forum, your alliance and elsewhere if you wish to discuss such topics in an in-game chat? You can already do that! ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/8 "2026-07-08T21:27:04Z")
> [@varrra](#): > > theres no player-made chat channel browser or discovery. Whilst I guess this is strictly true you can just type the name of a channel in, and join it if it is public, thus it’s quite easy to advertise a channel anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/9 "2026-07-08T22:04:58Z")
if you know the name of the channel you can join it… like haulers channel, people can join it.. z-s overview, people can join it, gankers channel etc… if you know the name, you can join it without having to be invited if its a public channel.. ---
**Author:** ![varrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/varrra/32/504015_2.png) [@varrra](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/varrra)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/10 "2026-07-09T02:43:27Z")
that requires you to already know about it in the first place. it is impossible to find out what channels exist and what channels dont exist. and chat channels in video games always end up turning into something unrelated to the game, so why not just remove chat channels completely and get people to play the game? humans can not control themselves and will always talk about non-eve things in eve online if it continues to have chatrooms. thats how socializing works. humans are a social animal and will talk about random stuff. its better to remove the ability to type, and instead only be able to say pre-made phrases and sentences. Like go into a menu and only be able to say the things listed there, like “I need repairs!” or “Hello there!” Humans will want to socialize about things unrelated to eve in eve chatrooms. Besides, if people dont socialize in eve, they wont socialize anywhere. Video games are one of the only places to socialize. Real life social interaction does not exist, and if it does, its in under-developed countries that are too poor to get computers. You say socialize somewhere else (looks around) there is nowhere else. unless you are talking about socializing with your mom. and i dont mean that as a insult. shes a pretty nice girl. pretty too. do you want me to go stare at the wall and talk to the wall and pretend im talking to god? ---
**Author:** ![mecrotic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mecrotic/32/453993_2.png) [@mecrotic](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/mecrotic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/11 "2026-07-09T02:48:26Z")
Don’t kid around. “Blackout” was dark times…lol ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/12 "2026-07-09T04:13:24Z")
> [@varrra](#): > > and chat channels in video games always end up turning into something unrelated to the game, so why not just remove chat channels completely and get people to play the game? Nobody (besides you now) is suggesting removal of all chat channels, or saying that off-topic chat should not be in the game. What I said earlier is that players should not join such a chat channel _by default_, but I did not say it’s bad for the game if such a chat channel exists at all. Go make one! ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/13 "2026-07-09T09:28:44Z")
> [@varrra](#): > > it is impossible to find out what channels exist and what channels dont exist. This is patently false. To find out if a channel doesn’t exist all you need do is try to join it. The same if it does. Sure there is no convenient complete list out there, but there are many channels which are advertised in many places, so it isn’t even impossible to find a partial list using a web search engine. You seem to have confused “impossible” with “isn’t served up to me on a plate with garnish” Be better! ---
**Author:** ![Phantomite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phantomite/32/434485_2.png) [@Phantomite](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phantomite)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/14 "2026-07-15T18:25:35Z")
Good news! It already exists, is accessible outside of Eve too, and is moderated. It’s called the Eve online official discord server! ---
**Author:** ![Feeboo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/feeboo/32/504369_2.png) [@Feeboo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Feeboo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/15 "2026-08-17T11:43:03Z")
Actually I agrees. This is a good thing, because Eve is a game full of chatrooms. mostly quiet ones. I want to make more friends in Eve. What Gerard said about toxic players and trolls , that will happen but just calm people down, and chill relax and chat. Eve University allows just chat to happen. I also want a general chat room that anyone can join. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/would-be-nice-if-eve-online-had-a-general-chat-thats-called-general-chat-not-mining/514474/16 "2026-08-17T11:49:38Z")
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