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No.. I see IRC melting away, but it's still so much nicer. Slack has filled some of the gaps for me. I join groups of devs in my area, and I get to not only s
by john_the_writer 5y ago
No.. I see IRC melting away, but it's still so much nicer.
Slack has filled some of the gaps for me. I join groups of devs in my area, and I get to not only snag answers to questions, but network locally as well.
- gaws 5y ago> No.. I see IRC melting away, but it's still so much nicer. IRC is not going anywhere.
- speedgoose 5y agoI’m not sure. All current IRC users will die eventually so unless it becomes cool and attractive for new generations, it may be insignificant in a few decades.
- gaws 5y ago> All current IRC users will die eventually so unless it becomes cool and attractive for new generations, it may be insignificant in a few decades. False. There are still young people getting into IRC as an alternative to Discord. Discord will likely die first after $BIG_TECH_COMPANY acquires it and runs it to the ground.
- KSPAtlas 5y agoSomeone will always be running an IRC server, so it will never completely die.