The fucking owners won.
Always has been 🔫
That said, I would suggest smaller communities and private messaging. Find your niche and make it home.
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aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 months ago
For a time I thought this Fediverse thing would help or change things or something, but honestly…the Internet is just plain boring now…and it’s pretty clear what is causing that: AI SEO trash content, social media’s rise, and commercialization of the Internet generally.
One day I was even feeling nostalgic so I went back to where I spent hours upon hours of my youth: EFNet on IRC…there was basically nobody there and of the few channels I saw some were even Trump-leaning weirdo communities.
It’s basically finished. I can’t even find a decent place to procrastinate or hang out anymore on this POS. It’s all just a giant ad surface and e-commerce portal. The fucking owners won.
Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Jax@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yep, it might have been hijacked by consumers but it’s still a a communication network.
AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
EFNet is boomer shit. Most of IRC happens on other servers now, like LiberaChat, or on new protocols like Matrix.
We’re still here, we’re still alive
Liz@midwest.social 8 months ago
Yo someone mentioned librechat while I was on hexchat. How do I get onto a librechat server?
AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Like you get to any other IRC, look up the address and login then make a /nickserv account and browse
Also Hexchat if I’m not mistaken doesn’t support IRC v3 protocol