title: TypeError: can't concat bytes to str, trying to use python3
body: <p>So the following site explains how to make an irc bot, using socket, but it only works for python2, so I tried to make it compatible, but I get the error mentioned in the title.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import socket
  # Some basic variables used to configure the bot        
  server = "irc.freenode.net" # Server
  channel = "#volafile" 
  botnick = "Mybot" # Your bots nick
  def ping(): # This is our first function! It will respond to server Pings.
  ircsock.send(b"PONG :pingis\n")  
  def sendmsg(chan , msg): # to the channel.
      ircsock.send(b"PRIVMSG "+ chan +b" :"+ msg +b"\n") 
  def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
      ircsock.send(b"JOIN "+ chan + b"\n")
  def hello(): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello Mybot"
      ircsock.send(b"PRIVMSG "+ channel + b" :Hello!\n")
  
  ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using the port 6667
  ircsock.send(b"USER "+ botnick + b" "+ botnick + b" "+ botnick + b" :This bot is a   result of a tutoral covered on http://shellium.org/wiki.\n") # user authentication
  ircsock.send(b"NICK "+ botnick + b"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot
  
  joinchan(channel) # Join the channel using the functions we previously defined
  
  while 1: # Be careful with these! it might send you to an infinite loop
      ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server
      ircmsg = ircmsg.strip(b'\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
      print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server
      if ircmsg.find(b":Hello "+ botnick) != -1: 
         hello()
  
      if ircmsg.find(b"PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
          ping()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "irctest.py", line 23, in &lt;module&gt;
      ircsock.send(b"USER "+ botnick + b" "+ botnick + b" "+ botnick + b" :This botis a  result of a tutoral covered on http://shellium.org/wiki.\n") # user authentication
  TypeError: can't concat bytes to str
  </code></pre>