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And that, kids, is the reason why open standards, protocols and decentralization are so important.
by marcodiego 5y ago
And that, kids, is the reason why open standards, protocols and decentralization are so important.
- toolz 5y agoI don't think this graph shows that at all. Centralized services dominate when it comes to users/servers or any concept of channels. It likely does show that IRC users care deeply about decentralization and as much as I want decentralization to be important to everyone, it just isn't yet. I'm hopeful we're moving in the right direction though, I think every day we see a failure in centralization is a day people become more open to decentralized solutions.
- Permit 5y agoHow do these graphs demonstrate this? I can imagine similar graphs for "Discord vs Slack" (or even individual servers within Discord). I agree with your premise that open standards, protocols and decentralization are important, but I don't really see how any of that relates to what happened here. If anything, this latest drama has weakened my view of IRC and the surrounding community.
- marcodiego 5y agoThese graphs would be simply impossible with proprietary single implementation protocols. Consider previous networks like msn, aim, the old skype... users could switch to other services, but they wouldn't be able to keep the same tools, clients or use the very same protocol.
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