https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UbKenFipjo

I enjoyed this documentary on the history of IRC; especially liked the part where they talked about etiquette how you should say goodbye before disconnecting and then wait 30 seconds so everyone else has a chance to say goodbye

the only disappointing bit is that they didn't talk at all about Freenode; I figured its crash would be exactly the kind of excitement and drama that would appeal to youtubers, plus the implication that there's no one left using IRC was kind of annoying

Internet Relay Chat.

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@technomancy they also skipped over bots completely, which was of course personally disappointing, but i guess they were pretty niche even back then