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minus-squareDiva (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanit’s what people used before things like discord, that and teamspeak
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanIt was XFire -> TS -> Vent -> Skype -> Discord for me.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanSo like XMPP, SIP, Mumble, or Matrix without the chat part.
minus-squarePhoturis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanWhat happened to IRC? It worked great.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanNothing. Like, absolutely nothing. It didn’t keep up with the times. I spent am untold amount of time on IRC, but the fact that you have to be online to have a chance to read messages just doesn’t jive with most people’s schedules anymore.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·två månader sedanSpam and other attacks did happen. And it doesn’t really handle being mobile or disconnected without style sort of proxy. Among other things. It’s still there, but withered and infested. Kind of like Usenet and real email.
it’s what people used before things like discord, that and teamspeak
It was XFire -> TS -> Vent -> Skype -> Discord for me.
RIP XFire
So like XMPP, SIP, Mumble, or Matrix without the chat part.
What happened to IRC? It worked great.
Nothing. Like, absolutely nothing. It didn’t keep up with the times. I spent am untold amount of time on IRC, but the fact that you have to be online to have a chance to read messages just doesn’t jive with most people’s schedules anymore.
Spam and other attacks did happen. And it doesn’t really handle being mobile or disconnected without style sort of proxy. Among other things.
It’s still there, but withered and infested. Kind of like Usenet and real email.