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I actually prefer IRC over Discord. I'm not sure why. Discord feels a bit excessive in its features. I don't like the bots. It doesn't handle multiple channels

by muzani 5y ago

I actually prefer IRC over Discord. I'm not sure why. Discord feels a bit excessive in its features. I don't like the bots. It doesn't handle multiple channels well, not as well as Slack, and yet something about it makes people do so many, unlike IRC. There's the mess of roles/self roles. There's just something about it that encourages overcommunication. You have announcement channels that people just tell you to mute if you don't like announcements but, well, you miss out on all the announcements. The logging means that too much documentation goes on in a server, alongside memes and motivational posts. I've actually been playing a game where all spoiler related chat goes in channels that get cleared every 3 days. 90% of the conversation is spoiler related. This is a lot more pleasant - things get documented off discord, and yet there's plenty of chatter and banter.

gorjusborg 5y ago
I feel similarly, IRC is better (to me) than the slack-like apps. At first, the novelty of in-lining sections of the web felt magical, now I feel it raise my anxiety level. IRC is to Slack-likes as a book is to a television.
gaws 5y ago
The problem with IRC is people can't find active networks. Which ones are you on?
- muzani 5y ago
  That's not really a problem. Like a phone number, you just want the other person's number, not the server provider. I still get on DALnet but it's less active now. In Malaysia, #kampung on KampungChat is popular, often around 1000 people on at any one time. Many of them who used to hang out on IRC during school days. However, thanks to the magic of internet anonymity, it's full of 40 year olds jacking off now. You have to control the conversation, similar to Omegle. I've had some nice conversations on books and especially chess on there. It appears that the kind of people who join IRC are also nerds in some form.

by muzani 5y ago

gorjusborg 5y ago

I feel similarly, IRC is better (to me) than the slack-like apps. At first, the novelty of in-lining sections of the web felt magical, now I feel it raise my anxiety level. IRC is to Slack-likes as a book is to a television.

gaws 5y ago

The problem with IRC is people can't find active networks. Which ones are you on?

muzani 5y ago
That's not really a problem. Like a phone number, you just want the other person's number, not the server provider. I still get on DALnet but it's less active now. In Malaysia, #kampung on KampungChat is popular, often around 1000 people on at any one time. Many of them who used to hang out on IRC during school days. However, thanks to the magic of internet anonymity, it's full of 40 year olds jacking off now. You have to control the conversation, similar to Omegle. I've had some nice conversations on books and especially chess on there. It appears that the kind of people who join IRC are also nerds in some form.