Yeah, clearly everyone loves IRC, that’s why no one uses Discord /s
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iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks agoI understand that but even the text chat is a different experience than what Discourse offers. Even people who only used Discord for text chat and want a replacement for that would be better on IRC.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I honestly think the vast majority of people on Discord don’t know what IRC is, and therefore don’t have an opinion of it. However, I didn’t mean to suggest IRC as the best alternative anyway.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Okay so they know what Discord is, but they don’t know what IRC is, despite it being 20 years older. What does that tell you?
Angelfangs@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I haven’t used IRC since I had to “accquire” fan sub anime in the 00’s.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m currently logged in to IRC and haven’t opened discord in weeks.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
LOL I can’t wait to hear what you think that means.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
IRC isn’t really a replacement either. Discord supports rich multimedia embedding and the servers preserve history (by default anyway).
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not the text chat they’re referring to. An annoying amount of open so it be projects use Discord as a replacement for forums specifically.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m aware but I don’t think this was the issue Ulrich was speaking of. If they were, I don’t think it was well conveyed.