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You can tack on all these mod cons though with clients. Like Quassel or IRCCloud. That's the nice part of IRC. It's so simple that everything can talk to it, un
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
You can tack on all these mod cons though with clients. Like Quassel or IRCCloud. That's the nice part of IRC. It's so simple that everything can talk to it, unlike most commercial services
- orthoxerox 5y agoThat's why commercial services just work. If I want to provide best-effort support for some library of mine I can set up a Gitter channel or a Discord "server" and it will work for sync and async communication, with incredibly low barrier for participation to boot. I could set up a clever bouncer for my own account, but anyone who asks a question when everyone else is asleep and logs off will never learn the answer. Yes, that's what async communication services are for, I know. I could run a bulletin board, or use GitHub discussions or Discourse, but the ship has sailed: people are used to chats full of features.