Comment on What's your preference for a text chat server (e.g. IRC/XMPP/Matrix/Zulip/etc.)?
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 year agoThe limitations are severe however and I would never suggest to anyone to use IRC as a text chat server.
I’m a little confused, if all you wanted from it was text chat, isn’t that pretty much exactly what it is as a result of its limitations? Regardless, for the majority of folks I think you’re probably right that it may not be advisable given its limits.
CAPSLOCKFTW@feddit.de 1 year ago
Oh well, there are different implementations of IRC, and some limit you more than others. Flood protection is a pita if you want to share long text, since max message length is not that much. Netsplits are still a thing and your nick can’t be longer than 15 chars. Text formatting works on most servers, but that’s no guarantee. The length of a channel topic is also limited. You interact with the server only through the same messages you send to your chats. You need some kind of bouncer to still follow a chat if offline.