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Maybe I'm wrong, but IRC was never mainstream.. I don't see how Twitter could replace a service that only geeks and a very specific demographic used.
by AznHisoka 14y ago
Maybe I'm wrong, but IRC was never mainstream.. I don't see how Twitter could replace a service that only geeks and a very specific demographic used.
- dj2stein9 14y agoI found the way Twitter works very similar to IRC. #hashtags, DM's and @references are all from IRC. Twitter made a system like this easier to use, and centralized it one big system rather than loosely connected chat networks. In a similar manner Facebook replaced email with a centralized system which again is easier for users but has the same gatekeeper issues.