I miss it too. I really miss IRC. I used to have a large group of amateur radio operators I chatted with for 5-7 years (the IRC channel is still up & somewhat a

I miss it too. I really miss IRC. I used to have a large group of amateur radio operators I chatted with for 5-7 years (the IRC channel is still up & somewhat active!). We used to do meetups for ARRL Field Day & Dayton Hamvention. We were all great friends, we all just shot the shit & had fun. Unfortunately everyone found something else or moved to different software to communicate and we slowly drifted apart. All of my transgender support communities have been gutted and destroyed by hate speech and people going "YOU HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER, FREAK". I really used to enjoy my PHPbb & other forums for real groups of caring people. Anonymity let the hate flow. I feel those communities have since moved to Reddit -- just like mostly everything else. The centralization & ease of access (it's in everyone's pockets) is really what turned the tables. It's fun to do internet archeology. https://wiby.me/ https://wiby.me/ is a fun search engine.