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Not being the most popular at any given time does not mean it's impossible. IRC (and XMPP for that matter) has been around for a long time and it's still possib
by flukus 6y ago
Not being the most popular at any given time does not mean it's impossible. IRC (and XMPP for that matter) has been around for a long time and it's still possible to run your own server or connect to someone elses, usually with a choice of multiple clients.
How many "innovators" have been born and died in the time that IRC has been around? It seems to be that proprietary stacks are impossible long term, while IRC and open standards continue to exist and evolve, even if they aren't popular right now.
- SilverRed 6y agoIRC still exists but the age or IRC is long over. Sure, people still use it, but some people still use myspace. IRC is lacking most of the features that the average person considers the bare minimum level of features. Being able to see messages while your computer was turned off is bare minimum. Being able to use your phone to connect and receive push notifications is bare minimum. Being able to share a photo is bare minimum. Having a profile picture is bare minimum. Some of these features can be sort of had with client extensions or middle steps like irc bouncers but the average user does not care for this. It should just work and every other platform just works. The average user also doesn't care if the proprietary messaging platform of the day dies and is replaced with a new one because its easy to sign up again on the next platform
- LinuxBender 6y agoFWIW you can give your IRC users an experience closer to Slack with TheLounge [1] or Convos [2]. [1] - https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge [2] - https://github.com/convos-chat/convos https://github.com/convos-chat/convos