There’s a wide gap of stuff one can do between IRC and “chat with voice channels”. For example, having a better protocol with better formatting options, a moderation API, better account management, other forms of multimedia (page embeds, images).
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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoIf there’s no voice channels, then why reinvent IRC?
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Jayjader@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Syntax highlighting for code blocks is the reason I prefer discord over slack for collaborating and just chatting with friends who know how to code. I imagine some irc clients exist that so the same, but at least with discord I know my recipient is guaranteed to see what I see.
ayyo@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Compared to some other alternatives, I think the thing it really has going for it is how simple it is. It’s really a drop in replacement, something I actually think maybe my friends that don’t really care about Foss would consider switching to. They’ve told me they don’t want to take the time to learn a new messaging software, I don’t think they’d have to with this.