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Add advice about +r to webchat.md (#157)
I apparently forgot to mention this in the guide. Also tweak wording about lost users.
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Embedding or linking to a webchat on your project or group's website can
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encourage people to engage with your community and help it grow.
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However if you just link directly to our webchat, people may not know how
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to find your channel and become lost on the network. Often people
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show up in the main `#libera` channel asking specific questions about your
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project. It can be discouraging to them when nobody there knows what
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they are talking about!
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However, if you just link directly to our webchat, people may not know how to
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find your channel and become lost on the network. Often people show up in the
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main `#libera` channel asking specific questions about a project. It can be
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discouraging to them when nobody there knows what they are talking about!
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Crafting a URL that pre-fills the webchat form with your channel can prevent
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your users getting lost on the way.
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If you wish for your new visitors to have a different pre-filled nick then
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you can replace `Guest` in the URLs with the prefix of your choice.
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Keep in mind that webchat visitors frequently don’t have accounts. Often it's
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their first time on IRC. If your channel has set the `+r` mode, then they will
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not be able to join. You may need to reconsider the use of `+r`. While it is a
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good idea to [advise users to register](/guides/registration), if this is
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required it will discourage some users.
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To make a link for your users to click on that pre-fills your channel, you

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