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An IRC network can have thousands of channels; a discord server typically has dozens. Think of a discord channel as a permanent thread or a topic and a discord
by cout 5y ago
An IRC network can have thousands of channels; a discord server typically has dozens.
Think of a discord channel as a permanent thread or a topic and a discord server like an irc channel. I find discord's model more manageable than irc for a large number of users; irc channels become a mess around 50-100 active users. Dividing the conversations into topics helps a lot.
(I have been using irc since around 1994 and am still somewhat active.)
- LinuxBender 5y agoI would imagine one could tweak the web frontends like Convos or TheLounge to make IRC look and behave like Discord at least in terms of text chat and channel/user visibility. I theorize that's what they are doing behind the scenes.