3 ms·

But can you really say that "because it's adding federation, it'll regain its popularity"? Also, where is this federated IRC you speak of? There's no cross-ser

by judge2020 4y ago

But can you really say that "because it's adding federation, it'll regain its popularity"? Also, where is this federated IRC you speak of? There's no cross-server identity or data transfer baked into the protocol.

avian 4y ago
> where is this federated IRC you speak of? IRC has the ability to form networks of servers which share identities and chat channels. There used to be a few large networks and many popular servers were part of one of them. Back in the 90s "being on IRC" commonly meant having a nickname on one of these networks.
charcircuit 4y ago
>Also, where is this federated IRC you speak of? Freenode is one. >There's no cross-server identity Your identity is your nickname.
stonogo 4y ago
You don't get to redefine 'federation' because you prefer an approach different than IRC undertakes. It's very much federated and always has been. Data transfer is in the RFC: 2.3 Messages Servers and clients send eachother messages which may or may not generate a reply.