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>Geeks love IRC, but it comes with a few hassles, mainly having to host it, that have led teams away from using it in favor of easier IM solutions. The nature
by idle_processor 15y ago
>Geeks love IRC, but it comes with a few hassles, mainly having to host it, that have led teams away from using it in favor of easier IM solutions.
The nature of IRC's channel-level organization¹ obviates the need to set up independent servers for a given team group.
What advantage does something like this offer me over just opening a new channel on freenode?
¹I.e., access lists (ops, voice) and modes like +psk (p[rivate], s[ecret], and k[eyed]).
- gwillen 15y agoTechnically Freenode doesn't allow the creation of random channels for any purpose; they are required to be for some open project or open source software. (I say this as a member of quite a number of random channels on Freenode; but they could technically crack down at any time, and I would not recommend this approach for corporate use.)