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> I've been in programming IRC channels since the late 90s. People asking the same questions as someone else asked the day before was the norm back then too. W
by scambier 5y ago
> I've been in programming IRC channels since the late 90s. People asking the same questions as someone else asked the day before was the norm back then too.
With the huge difference that IRC did not have chat history, unless you used a bouncer
- beebeepka 5y agoNothing stopping any client from having logs. mirc and xchat have had them for decades. Yes, they are local but do exist and serve their purpose
- timmattison 5y agoSure. But when you first join there is no history which means that anyone new to the channel would ask the same questions because there was nothing they could search.
- magicalhippo 5y agoExactly, and it won't search for stuff that was written when your client, or the bot, wasn't running. Sure, you could set up bouncers and whatnot. But it's a barrier that Discord doesn't have.