Is IRC still a thing? I havnt used it since 2006. I’d love to see it again
IRC :(
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
whelk@retrolemmy.com 4 hours ago
Check out libera.chat, one of the most popular IRC networks today. Freenode suffered a hostile takeover and there was a mass migration away from it so I’d avoid that one
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
My instance actually posted something about IRC recently I saw, right after commenting. The luck. I saw the mirc client link, and the memories flooded. Mirc is still okay though?
I’m basically a noob again. Later this week I plan to sit down with my computer and have a look. I used to only use it to download music, probably would like to do that again… I had every NoFx album,song,recording back in the day. Every single one lol I’d die to have that hard drive back.
73ms@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
It is. Also widely bridged with Matrix.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Yep, still on it.
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
No voice/video calling, no screen sharing, no persistent chat history.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Sometimes you need to accept using more than one piece of software. And IRC can have persistent chat history.
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
That’s why IRC isn’t and never will be a replacement for Discord. Most people don’t care to accept comprimises and friction and people developing the alternatives can not impose compromises on their users and expect general market adoption.
I really wish there was some real alternative that actually worked like lemmy communities for example where you wouldn’t need to self host but be able to use a server someone else made available to be able to create a community there. And search engine indexing, that would be a must imo.