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Saving logs is gross, chats should be ephemeral. In any case there's HistServ and IRCv3 /chathistory nowadays, so if you really want it you can have it. That a
by dokyun 8mo ago
Saving logs is gross, chats should be ephemeral. In any case there's HistServ and IRCv3 /chathistory nowadays, so if you really want it you can have it.
That all the minute garbage everyone posts is preserved forever in an unfiltered state I think is a root cause of the mental degradation that results from using Discord: kids don't have anywhere to 'post into the void' anymore. Preserving past events and relationships through oral history as opposed to a big monolithic search engine entails a far more human element to IRC.
- Gareth321 8mo agoI wanted to disagree but I really miss IRC internet. Saving everything we ever said online was a mistake. We need to focus on ephemeral chat making a comeback.
- aunderscored 8mo agoIRC still exists at a semi large scale. If you're looking to return
- Mashimo 8mo agoBut on IRC you had your own log, and sometimes the server made the full logs public. It was just cumbersome to access. What I said and you said in my presets was still logged. It's a muddy middle ground where neither you are I are satisfied. Far from perfect.
- lanfeust6 8mo agoSaving logs has been essential for work, in the past, because we were always to write real documentation when necessary. Mind you, this was local to our machine.