channel hopping

( n.)

   [common;  IRC, GEnie] To rapidly switch channels on {IRC}, or a GEnie
   chat  board,  just  as a social butterfly might hop from one group to
   another at a party. This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom,
   channel surfing.

[glossary]
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