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Slack deprecated their IRC and XMPP gateways, so its no longer an IRC client.
by ihuman 8y ago
Slack deprecated their IRC and XMPP gateways, so its no longer an IRC client.
- seba_dos1 8y agoAnd it never was an IRC client, there was just a somewhat limited bridge you could use to connect your IRC client into Slack network, but never vice-versa.
- j45 8y agoSlack is inspired by irc and uses irc's core approach of channels, usernames, messaging, bots, and more.
- seba_dos1 8y agoAnd how exactly does that make it an IRC client?
- orf 8y agoIt doesn't, nobody said it was. Re-read the comment.
- seba_dos1 8y ago"its no longer an IRC client" definitely implies that it was an IRC client in the past.
- j45 8y agoDidn't say it was an irc client, but that it's today's (equivalent) of an irc client. It's kind of laid out like some irc clients, have you used an irc client before?
- j45 8y agoI'm well aware they are deprecated. Besides taking my comment literally (I now have clarified), lets look at it from a higher level: The concept of channels, usernames, private messaging in Slack is almost all directly inherited from IRC. There is some great new functionality on top of this core, IRC inspired experience.