Comment on Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA

mihnt@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  mIRC/IRC is still going, right? Haven’t used that in probably a decade.

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As someone who has most of her socialization on IRC now… Eww, mIRC is proprietary and for Windows. Maybe it’s just me having learned about IRC only a couple years ago and thus not having a sentimental attachment, but why use it if you have open-source ones like Hexchat, Irssi or Weechat?

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    • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I used mIRC for years, but as the days have marched on, XChat replaced it, and then irssi, and finally weechat on SSH.

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    • Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For me, mIRC had a clunky but useful script editor included that 14 year old me spent countless hours creating little chatbots with

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  • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly for tech communities but yes. Libera.Chat seems to be the go-to network.

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