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It's good that they want to maintain and nourish the culture that has grown up around IRC, but in the long run, shouldn't the focus be on keeping the culture bu
by a_lieb 8y ago
It's good that they want to maintain and nourish the culture that has grown up around IRC, but in the long run, shouldn't the focus be on keeping the culture but moving it toward newer federated systems like Matrix? IRC is late 80's technology with no security.
- erikb 8y agoJust because a protocol is old, doesn't mean you need to replace it. And newer stuff often is just a reiteration of the old stuff anyways.
- fiatjaf 8y agoSlack, Discord and Telegram also have no security. IRC is pretty good for public conversations.
- LinuxBender 8y agoI am not sure I follow. I've run UnrealIRCD for a very long time and it has more security and privacy capabilities than any of the newer chat systems.