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I'd say I'm a heavy IRC user, and I actually tend to either RDP into my Windows setup running hexchat when I'm at another pc/laptop, or just use AndroIRC on my

• cm3 10y ago
  That there are no threads to follow per se and you have to come up with filters of your own to create a view of the wall of text is something that failed me anytime I tried to use IRC. With email threads or spontaneous XMPP topic group chats, it works much better for me personally.
  • aaronpk 10y ago
    I agree it's a personal preference thing for sure. I just really am not compelled by the threaded view of mailing lists. I prefer being able to quickly scan text to "catch up" on things, and I have filters to catch any of the important things I don't want to miss.
    • cm3 10y ago
      Threading is more important today than it was in the past, because there are more and more people who have no idea how to use email or a discussion forum. Gmail and Discourse are partially to blame for when users quote nothing when answering a previous post, assuming everyone has the same view as the author did when writing the reply. So most discourse boards and gmail users' responses on mailing lists have been very hard to fit into the right context. Take even github, where one has to often guess what some comment is referring to. That's why threading with proper message-ids is important. We cope with the bad communication etiquette because we want to be inclusive, but one cannot ignore how much more time is wasted than in the past, due to poor messaging style.