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It's about the popularity of the product. Yes, IRC is much older, but it was only for geeks. ICQ and the successors (including recent ones, such as WhatsApp) ar
by H8crilA 6y ago
It's about the popularity of the product. Yes, IRC is much older, but it was only for geeks. ICQ and the successors (including recent ones, such as WhatsApp) are for the masses.
- ekianjo 6y agoThe internet was still pretty much for geeks or professionals in 1995. Lets not pretend otherwise.
- anthk 6y agoIRC had zillions of web interfaces everywhere, and it was used by everyone in Europe, at least in order to chat in public channels based either by theme or by regional locations.