diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index ec768b8..5f80b72 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<h1>$ welcome to tilde.club</h1>
 	<p><a href="/wiki/faq.html">Questions? See the official FAQ.</a></p>
 
-	<p class="advisory">SERVICE ADVISORY: New Server, New Owners, New lease on life for tilde.club.  Welcome!. The Expected SSH Hostkey is SHA256:duamOATgnGcfRFFkotCwrAWzZtRjwxm64WAhq5tQRwE.</p>
+	<p class="advisory">SERVICE ADVISORY: New Server, New Owners, New lease on life for tilde.club.  Welcome!.<br> The Expected SSH Hostkey is SHA256:duamOATgnGcfRFFkotCwrAWzZtRjwxm64WAhq5tQRwE.</p>
 
 	<table>
 		<tr>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 					in their shared quest to build awesome web pages
 				</p>
 
-				<h2>tilde.club is rebuilding and will be accepting new members soon!</h2>
+				<h2>Public sign-ups will re-open on September 20th 2019!</h2>
 				<p>
 					If you would like a list of <a href="http://tilde.club/~delfuego/tilde.24h.html">
 					RECENTLY CHANGED PAGES</a> you can see that too
diff --git a/wiki/chat.html b/wiki/chat.html
index 577b6f2..639829f 100644
--- a/wiki/chat.html
+++ b/wiki/chat.html
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 		<meta charset="utf-8" />
 		<meta name="generator" content="pandoc" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" />
-				<meta name="author" content="vielmetti" />
-								<title>Chatting</title>
+				<meta name="author" content="emv" />
+				<meta name="author" content="benharri" />
+								<title>Socializing</title>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">
 		<style type="text/css">
 code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
@@ -20,13 +21,24 @@ div.column{display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 50%;}
 	<body>
 		<a href="/wiki/">&lt; back to wiki home</a>
 						<header>
-			<h1 class="title">Chatting</h1>
+			<h1 class="title">Socializing</h1>
 			
 						<p>authors:</p>
-								<p class="author"><a href="/~vielmetti/">~vielmetti</a></p>
+								<p class="author"><a href="/~emv/">~emv</a></p>
+								<p class="author"><a href="/~benharri/">~benharri</a></p>
 							
 					</header>
-						<p>Back on the command line, you may want to participate in chat. There is some great chat, likely, or you have questions.</p>
+						<h2 id="irc">irc</h2>
+<p>run <code>chat</code> to open <a href="https://weechat.org">weechat</a> auto-connected to our irc server.</p>
+<p>other clients like irssi are available as well! just connect to localhost on port 6667 and <code>/join #club</code>.</p>
+<p>feel free to use tilde.chat’s <a href="https://web.tilde.chat/?join=club">webchat</a> too</p>
+<h2 id="mailing-list">mailing list</h2>
+<p>we now have an official mailing list!</p>
+<p>if your account is old (pre sept 2019), you should be subscribed with the email you originally signed up with. if your account is newer (post sept 2019), then you should be subscribed with your <span class="citation" data-cites="tilde.club">@tilde.club</span> address. if you don’t fit either of those categories, you can subscribe by visiting the <a href="https://lists.tildeverse.org/postorius/lists/tildeclub.lists.tildeverse.org/">web portal</a> or by sending a mail to tildeclub-subscribe@lists.tildeverse.org with “subscribe” in the subject line. in either case, you can change the email you’re subscribed with on the web portal or by unsubscribing and re-subscribing from the other address.</p>
+<p>list archives are available <a href="https://lists.tildeverse.org/hyperkitty/list/tildeclub@lists.tildeverse.org/">on the web here</a>.</p>
+<p>as of september 17, 2019, we’re still seeing quite a few pending mails to gmail, yahoo, and fastmail. help get our list delivered by making sure to mark list messages as not spam and adding the list address to your contacts. if you’re feeling especially motivated, please reach out to the support on your mail provider and ask them to look into why you’re not receiving the messages.</p>
+<h2 id="chat-from-the-command-line">chat from the command line</h2>
+<p>Back on the command line, you may want to participate in chat. There is some great chat, likely, or you have questions.</p>
 <p>Type: <code>wall</code> and <code>[return]</code> to tell Terminal you are ready to chat Type your message to the world and <code>[return]</code> <code>CTRL+D</code> to post or <code>CTRL+C</code> to change your mind and cancel Have fun!</p>
 <p>If you’re tired of reading chats in a window, <code>mesg n</code> will turn it off, and <code>mesg y</code> will turn it back on again. And if you want to see more people, look for IRC.</p>
 			</body>
diff --git a/wiki/source/chat.md b/wiki/source/chat.md
index 314ebab..f2d899c 100644
--- a/wiki/source/chat.md
+++ b/wiki/source/chat.md
@@ -1,8 +1,48 @@
 ---
-title: Chatting
-author: vielmetti
+title: Socializing
+author: 
+  - emv
+  - benharri
 ---
 
+## irc
+
+run `chat` to open [weechat](https://weechat.org) auto-connected to our irc
+server.
+
+other clients like irssi are available as well! just connect to localhost on
+port 6667 and `/join #club`.
+
+feel free to use tilde.chat's [webchat](https://web.tilde.chat/?join=club) too
+
+
+## mailing list
+
+we now have an official mailing list!
+
+if your account is old (pre sept 2019), you should be subscribed with the email
+you originally signed up with. if your account is newer (post sept 2019), then 
+you should be subscribed with your @tilde.club address. if you don't fit either
+of those categories, you can subscribe by visiting the [web portal](
+https://lists.tildeverse.org/postorius/lists/tildeclub.lists.tildeverse.org/)
+or by sending a mail to tildeclub-subscribe@lists.tildeverse.org with "subscribe"
+in the subject line. in either case, you can change the email you're subscribed
+with on the web portal or by unsubscribing and re-subscribing from the other
+address.
+
+list archives are available [on the web here](
+https://lists.tildeverse.org/hyperkitty/list/tildeclub@lists.tildeverse.org/).
+
+as of september 17, 2019, we're still seeing quite a few pending mails to
+gmail, yahoo, and fastmail. help get our list delivered by making sure to
+mark list messages as not spam and adding the list address to your contacts.
+if you're feeling especially motivated, please reach out to the support on
+your mail provider and ask them to look into why you're not receiving the
+messages.
+
+
+## chat from the command line
+
 Back on the command line, you may want to participate in chat. There is some great chat, likely, or you have questions.
 
 Type: `wall` and `[return]` to tell Terminal you are ready to chat
@@ -12,3 +52,4 @@ Have fun!
 
 If you're tired of reading chats in a window, `mesg n` will turn it off, and `mesg y` will
 turn it back on again. And if you want to see more people, look for IRC.
+
