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If you really want to improve IRC, add threads. Most IRC channels I join it’s impossible to follow discussions.

progval 5y ago
There is a draft specification to allow threading messages: https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/reply https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/reply Not many clients are interested in implementing it, though.
welterde 5y ago
For me it's the inverse, I am having a real hard time with threads on slack. But no issue following discussions on busy IRC channels. It's probably just a matter of getting used to it one way or the other.
- kmeisthax 5y ago
  Slack's implementation of threads is really weird, it almost feels like they're trying to hide them. If I get replied to in a thread I almost certainly lose it. On the other hand, Discord's UI treats threads as temporary channels, and that works way better because you can actually see the thread as unread or not in the channel and server lists. I really wish Slack would steal this.
  - welterde 5y ago
    I haven't used Discord too much, but my main gripe (apart from calling communities "servers") was that most communities had way too many channels already, but haven't seen them in action, so maybe that strategy works better in practice.
    - foxfluff 5y ago
      YMMV, I've been checking out discord and I don't really like threads much. It feels like the discussion is stashed away semi-hidden in a corner which sort of discourages casual / intermittent participation and you easily miss the whole thread. It's like I have to go out of my way and butt into someone's discussion whereas the chatter on an IRC channel feels open to every participant.
xfitm3 5y ago
threading is a slack-ism, I prefer one linear scrollback instead of having to click into conversations
ptman 5y ago
but not slack threads, but reddit/mailing threads, or trees
- nsv 5y ago
  But then why not use a mailing list?
  - ptman 5y ago
    Because of how email currently is.

There is a draft specification to allow threading messages: https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/reply https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/reply Not many clients are interested in implementing it, though.

welterde 5y ago

For me it's the inverse, I am having a real hard time with threads on slack. But no issue following discussions on busy IRC channels. It's probably just a matter of getting used to it one way or the other.

kmeisthax 5y ago
Slack's implementation of threads is really weird, it almost feels like they're trying to hide them. If I get replied to in a thread I almost certainly lose it. On the other hand, Discord's UI treats threads as temporary channels, and that works way better because you can actually see the thread as unread or not in the channel and server lists. I really wish Slack would steal this.
- welterde 5y ago
  I haven't used Discord too much, but my main gripe (apart from calling communities "servers") was that most communities had way too many channels already, but haven't seen them in action, so maybe that strategy works better in practice.
  - foxfluff 5y ago
    YMMV, I've been checking out discord and I don't really like threads much. It feels like the discussion is stashed away semi-hidden in a corner which sort of discourages casual / intermittent participation and you easily miss the whole thread. It's like I have to go out of my way and butt into someone's discussion whereas the chatter on an IRC channel feels open to every participant.

xfitm3 5y ago

threading is a slack-ism, I prefer one linear scrollback instead of having to click into conversations

ptman 5y ago

but not slack threads, but reddit/mailing threads, or trees

nsv 5y ago
But then why not use a mailing list?
- ptman 5y ago
  Because of how email currently is.