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I personally see that as a feature because you can then specify what triggers you want recorded. eg just your nick? What about other phrases like an unusual hob
by laumars 8y ago
I personally see that as a feature because you can then specify what triggers you want recorded. eg just your nick? What about other phrases like an unusual hobby you might have? etc
- drchickensalad 8y agoSlack and other services have this without the bouncer
- laumars 8y agoSlack doesn't support triggers in nearly as sophisticated way as IRC bounces can (believe me, I've tried). I wasn't intended to compare IRC to Slack but since you've started us down this rabbit hole: I'd take IRC over Slack any day. Sure Slack is more "modern" and it can - in theory - do anything IRC can do. However IRC is more easily extendible and in a more versatile way. To be honest there's nothing Slack does that you couldn't also do in IRC - albeit some features might require a more modern IRC client than the terminal ones us geeks often harp on about (disclaimer: I've written tools for both IRC and Slack). The problem with IRC faces isn't a technological one - it's just a mixture of NIH (not invented here) syndrome and capitalists wanting to make money from reinventing public domain tools as proprietary solutions with expensive subscriptions. Not that I have a problem with people wanting to make money - quite the opposite in fact - but I do take issue with people who say "this can't be done in X which is why Y exists" when the real reason is financially motivated rather than any technological shortcoming.