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Largest challenge nowadays is just getting someone to use it. I've run a server for the past few years, and I plan to continue for the foreseeable future. And o
by HoppyHaus 7y ago
Largest challenge nowadays is just getting someone to use it.
I've run a server for the past few years, and I plan to continue for the foreseeable future. And of all the things that lead to an issue, its just getting someone to not immediately throw their hands in the air and flop around. It's not hard, and I'm fully willing to help those people, yet for some reason, it never sticks.
I don't even know if a lot of people these days can grasp/enjoy the concept. I don't know of any popular social media that just throws you into a community of people that don't know, except for Discord, which still has a way different feel.
It's strange, and there isn't much I would say I could do personally. But I'll keep my server going as long as I physically can, out of stubbornness if not anything else.
- lifthrasiir 7y agoI've also run one, and nowadays it is more like a bridge between Slack and Discord channels (there is even a dedicated API for such use cases, much like "bot" accounts in those proprietary services). Given that those services generally refuse to cooperate with each other, this might be an interesting opportunity for IRC.
- skullborg 7y agoI still hang out on Freenode, irc still keeps some us together
- meruru 7y agoI go to Freenode all the time to ask questions. I answer some sometimes, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to pay forward all the help I've received there.