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Again, your definition of popularity is different than mine, but either way my post still refutes his point about the declining userbase. > No, what I meant wa
by thegeekpirate 11y ago
Again, your definition of popularity is different than mine, but either way my post still refutes his point about the declining userbase.
> No, what I meant was, people no longer think of IRC as the tool to use to talk about projects and communities. They used to. That was its primary use case. That use case is shrinking, so IRC is becoming less popular.
There's plenty of other avenues to use these days, so the numbers have diluted, absolutely. EDIT: There was no social media, very few IM clients... But the channels I'm in have been steadily rising (Freenode). http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/irc-002.jpg?w=580&h=435 http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/irc-002....
Quakenet took a huge drop once it stopped being used to find CS matches.
> This isn't quite true, is it? Most Android users seem to know they're using Android. I could be wrong.
Obviously this is going to be anecdotal, but with the ~20 people I know who aren't technologically savvy, they'd only be able to tell you if they're using an Apple phone or not. My mother, for instance, has no clue that she's using a Windows phone. EDIT: I guess that really goes to show something about the success of Apple's marketing.
- kbenson 11y ago> Obviously this is going to be anecdotal, but with the ~20 people I know who aren't technologically savvy, they'd only be able to tell you if they're using an Apple phone or not. My mother, for instance, has no clue that she's using a Windows phone. I think this has quite a bit to do with what class of phone they buy. Android is marketed very heavily in certain contexts when buying a phone, just as iPhone is. Walk into Best Buy and ask for help on buying a smartphone that isn't basic and Android or iPhone (or Windows phone even) will be part of the pitch. Similar to how if you buy a sports car you are probably going to know something about the engine, if not when going into it, you probably will by the time the salesman is done. If you are buying a commuter car, they may or may not distinguish the engine, and you may or may not care enough to remember.
- thegeekpirate 11y agoAgreed, although I believe the end goal of my comment was that after leaving the store, the term "Android" is completely forgotten, whereas "Apple" is almost a household term because you see them everywhere in pop culture—movies, the news, in schools, etc.
- egypturnash 11y agoTry "IRC's mindshare is declining". rather than "IRC's popularity is declining".
- thegeekpirate 11y agoAgreed, that would have been a far better term if that was the meaning he was attempting to portray.