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ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 months agoGiven some similar issues, why is it some projects still use IRC then?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
boatswain@infosec.pub 2 months ago
That would be equally annoying. Probably a better signal to noise ratio on IRC though; Discord descends into memes almost instantly.
AugustWest@lemm.ee 2 months ago
For projects I am involved with all irc chats are archived and searchable. There is nothing private, no registration needed and searchable.
Quite a bit different.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
there’s a difference between using irc for livetime troubleshooting and not having a forum at all and directing everyone to your livechat discord. i’m sure some sicko out there has run an OSS project on only IRC, but their project likely got no traction because a history of problemsolving posts is important in open source. generally speaking, you need:
too many projects these days only have that last one in the form of discord