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Yes, IRC is still alive (mainly Freenode), albeit on life support, lol. As for other services, the problem is that it's become (or becoming) scattered (Slack, R
by jaequery 8y ago
Yes, IRC is still alive (mainly Freenode), albeit on life support, lol. As for other services, the problem is that it's become (or becoming) scattered (Slack, Riot, etc). AOL as much as ridiculous it was, it was fun, because pretty much everyone was gathered in one place.
- avian 8y agoFreenode hosts only free software-related channels as far as I know. There are still some small servers out there, but they are getting rarer. One I used to frequent just recently shut down because it was hit by massive amounts of disgusting spam. https://freenode.net/news/spam-shake https://freenode.net/news/spam-shake
- hestefisk 8y agoEFnet is still alive.
- vertex-four 8y agoFreenode hosts a ridiculous amount of social channels, albeit usually for niche purposes or centred around specific people. The spam has been stopped recently, at least where I’m hanging out.
- avian 8y agoI'm glad that the spam has stopped, but the damage to smaller servers has been done. After months of having channels constantly flooded with revolting stuff I doubt people are coming back, even if admins find the energy to put servers back online.
- toper-centage 8y agoIRC is on life support as much as radio is. It's just a retired technology that found a nice niche where it could settle. For Radio it was car radios and IRC is still used but several dev communities.