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Somewhere, some group of friends is still hanging out in an IRC channel that started in 1998
by doomlaser 9y ago
Somewhere, some group of friends is still hanging out in an IRC channel that started in 1998
- lolmaxos 9y agoWell I still haven't seen a modern chat application which gives all the IRC features. Its like they have deliberately removed all the good features.
- ekianjo 9y agoreal time typing in icq was pretty cool. I wonder if any other system ever replicated that?
- taneq 9y agoytalk :P
- starsinspace 9y agoYeah, and one of the most important features of IRC being "lightweight native client, integrating seamlessly with my environment". Somehow, these "modern" chat systems just can't do that.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoBecause that would require opening up either the client or the protocol, both of which are anathema to people trying to make money from those systems.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoBeing optimized for communication and being optimized for making money are mutually exclusive goals.
- taylorexpander 9y agoI’ve never used IRC before, so I’m honestly curious, what features does IRC have that Slack(/Discord) don’t or can’t have through extensions like bots and plugins?
- hrktb 9y agoslack is based on IRC
- icelancer 9y agoI'm still doing that today with people I met in 1995 or so.