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> They are in a shrinking minority of people. Another way to say that is IRC helps filter out the worst of Eternal Eternal September. (Meaning nothing against

> They are in a shrinking minority of people. Another way to say that is IRC helps filter out the worst of Eternal Eternal September. (Meaning nothing against you personally! No disrespect intended.) (FWIW, it's a slowly growing minority.)

ZeWaka 4y ago
Never thought I'd see an Eternal September post these days.
c7DJTLrn 4y ago
"Growing". I doubt it. New developers are not jumping on IRC channels and mailing lists, they're going to Discord servers and Reddit, sorry to break it to you. Nobody below the age of thirty is using these old tools unless they're specifically working in spaces where they're used such as kernel dev or they want to be a hipster. I imagine the count of developers on Discord already outnumbers IRC 100:1. Say what you want about these services being privacy infringing and proprietary (trust me, I don't like them either) but let's not be deluded. Their predecessors will die.
- Alekhine 4y ago
- Shared404 4y ago
  > "Growing". I doubt it. New developers are not jumping on IRC channels and mailing lists, I am :) . I've found that the discussions I've had on IRC or read on mailing lists are typically higher quality, and more interesting than anywhere else.