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Matrix is the obvious option for chat style communication without being beholden to a for profit company
by twelvechairs 3y ago
Matrix is the obvious option for chat style communication without being beholden to a for profit company
- lnxg33k1 3y agoIRC
- jimnotgym 3y agoAre old IRC chats discoverable over Google? I don't see any in my results. This was a stated aim of the forum
- fleg 3y agoIt's usually done by publishing IRC logs on a webpage. Examples: - https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23ubuntu.html https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23ubuntu.html - http://irc.yoctoproject.org/irc/%23yocto.2024-01-05.log.html http://irc.yoctoproject.org/irc/%23yocto.2024-01-05.log.html How discoverable it is on Google depends only on Google and on how those logs are stored.
- ironmagma 3y agoNot true; it’s usually simply not done at all.
- thayne 3y agoForum threads inherently have better searchability, because conversations are split into separate pages, with a clear subject/title, and usually a description of what the thread is about at the beginning of the page. In theory IRC logs could be organized appropriately. But that would require some kind of curation, either manual or via AI, that doesn't really happen in practice, even when irc logs are published.
- herbst 3y agoWith IRC it is/was common that people run loggers and publish them. In the past IRC conversations, especially in tech/support channels, were easily found. Today you don't find many on Google, but that problem was already solved way better than it is today.
- jayflux 3y agoIt’s 2024, people aren’t going to go out of their way to setup “bouncers” to keep up with conversation that happens when they’re not online or leave their computer running 24/7. Yes there’s irccloud to do it for you but you need to pay for that. Those days are gone. It was great for its time, but the reality is there’s soo many better services for this need today (incl Matrix). It’s also not searchable on Google either (yes you can run a bot but you could do that on discord/matrix or any other service too).
- monkin 3y agoIt's not that bad either. You can use Ergo as an IRC server, and The Lounge as a client to provide a pleasant experience for small teams without the setup hassle.
- lnxg33k1 3y agoIts just running a quassel Docker container somewhere
- Doxin 3y ago> people aren’t going to go out of their way to setup “bouncers” to keep up with conversation that happens when they’re not online As an avid IRC user, Nor am I. My favorite thing about IRC is that there's no expectation you "keep up" on conversations that happen when you're not there. Hell, my client barely even keeps track of notifications. The tab for a channel will color red if someone mentions my name, but that goes away as soon as you open the tab. No need to scroll up to where you got mentioned if you don't want to. The ephemeral nature of IRC makes it a surprisingly relaxed experience.
- u801e 3y agoOr a usenet newsgroup.