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> IRC has never been very usable Despite all the problems you mentioned, it is still extremely usable. There are tens of thousands of users using it for decade
by emilsedgh 9y ago
> IRC has never been very usable
Despite all the problems you mentioned, it is still extremely usable. There are tens of thousands of users using it for decades.
- lmm 9y agoIRC offered a unique featureset for many years - nothing else offered the same global scale and large-group-oriented chats. People will put up with very poor usability if it's the only product with a feature they need.
- moosingin3space 9y agoYes, large distributed groups where people can drop in/drop out is IRC's niche, and why it will never die. I prefer IRC for large open-source projects to Slack, but the usability is awful for a company environment. At my school, we use Slack for research groups, study groups, and student project teams, and it's excellent for that.
- lmm 9y agoI'm not convinced IRC will never die; for a while it was the only thing that covered that use case, but these days there are other options (e.g. Discord).