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What's the state of IRC these days? I've not kept up since the mid 00s and wonder where people have gone now.
by noosphr 11mo ago
What's the state of IRC these days? I've not kept up since the mid 00s and wonder where people have gone now.
- mikestorrent 11mo agoI log on once in a while to a channel I used to use, and some of the same people are sorta still there. IRC is weird now, nostalgic but also... the things that made it truly fun aren't really a thing. Weird !fserves for warez, strange early chat bots, a/s/l... I do miss it. I think it has moved on except in little bubbles, and I cheer those on from afar.
- superkuh 11mo agoIRC doesn't have quite as many people because people have moved to computers that are not capable to keeping TCP connections open (smartphones). But there are good and active communities left in the ~400k people left IRCing.