Dimitris TzourisFeb 9
tiddy roosevelt

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

IRC comeback when

Feb 9 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadtiddy rooseveltFeb 9
I do still use IRC everyday so I know it hasn't actually gone anywhere, but it'd be nice to see some of the old servers pick back up tbh
Show threadTroed SångbergFeb 9

@babe I do too ... but bridged into my Matrix server. That's where I see all new rooms being created that would previously have been on IRC.

My kids belong to the Discord-generation and they absolutely require voice chat so that they can scream obscenities and gen alpha brain rot stuff as well :/

Show threadLIΞBΔCHFeb 9
@babe IRC will never die. xkcd://1782 proves it.
Show threadKoree A. Smith Feb 9
@babe I’ve been running my own server since 1995. There’s literally only four of us left on my server and my old Undernet buddies have all moved on to Discord, etc. I’ve been trying to get more people into using it, but even with me providing a ready to use web-based BNC client, it’s a heavy lift.
Show threaddisorderlyfFeb 9
@babe If I ever don't have to leave the client running 24/7 to avoid missing a message, I'll consider it.
Show threadvv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]Feb 9
@babe @disorderlyf consider setting up a bouncer server
Show threaddisorderlyfFeb 9
@vv @babe Would I be able to hook up all the channels I typically follow to that bounce server or would it be one channel per bounce server?
Show threadtiddy rooseveltFeb 9

@disorderlyf @vv I have a ZNC that runs across 3 servers, with it sitting in all the channels I use.

What your options are depend on whether you're running it or getting managed hosting with limited connections. Some allow multi-server use, some give root access, some charge per server connection.

Show threaddisorderlyfFeb 9
@babe @vv Well, shit. I might just spool up the Raspberry Pi sitting in my closet for that then.
Show threadChristof Damian 💙💛Feb 9
@babe
/me searches for "Android IRC client"
Show threadKlaus SteinFeb 10
@babe
You are in the other network ;-)
Show threadThe ObservationsFeb 9
@babe @verge It relay could be the comeback of the previous century.
Show threadFritz AdalisFeb 9
@babe @aburka
Did it ever go away?
Show threadtiddy rooseveltFeb 9
@FritzAdalis @aburka Not really, no. But as someone still using it, it would be nice to see it gaining wider appeal again
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Feb 9
@babe IRC never left!
https://libera.chat
Libera Chat

A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!

Libera Chat
Show threadMartin B.Feb 9
@babe @mdhughes
Show threadamilatledFeb 9
Maybe it's the time to shine for @[email protected]
Will definetly take a closer look to it and setup an instance for my son and it's friends
Show threadamilatledFeb 9
or stoat how it's called now, not in the fediverse -.-
https://stoat.chat/

CC: @[email protected] @[email protected]
Stoat - Find your community

Stoat is the chat app for friends and communities that finally works the way you always wished it would.

Show threadAutistiCriticFeb 9
@babe I still miss ICQ. 😢
Show threadTero HänninenFeb 9
@babe IRCv3 will take the world by storm!
Show threadA-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSCFeb 9
@babe I miss the days of IRC, used it constantly from around 1997-2006... ran gaming clans from it and even via usenet groups.
Show threadtiddy rooseveltFeb 9
@Anomnomnomaly Clanning for HL:TFC and Quake is how I got into using it!
Show threadA-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSCFeb 9

@babe

Started out forming clans on usenet via alt.games.unrealtournament under the gamer tag [AGUT]... that was open to use for anyone who participated in the usenet group.

We then formed [AGW] for return to castle wolfenstein and ran our own server.

After that we moved on to Battlefield 1942, which is where I got involved with the Desert Combat mod and my brief foray into the games industry for a couple of years (it's toxic, I never wanted to work in it again)... Still under the [AGW] clan tags.

After that I joined [AGB] which was "A Gaming Brotherhood" and still occasionally speak to a few of them some 20yrs later. Still on my steam friends list... a few haven't been seen in about 14yrs.... and I wonder what happened to them.

Nostalgia can be a bitch... when you look at the current way things are done... it was so simple and it just worked.

Show threadteiFeb 9
@babe I got a "just in case" IRC server set up for my discord three months ago and have about 30 people using it daily since then, and, well, lots more joining today. We tested a bunch of options and it really was the most stable option, and the one that I as a tiny little bunny with zero brain cells can easily host myself. and the modern software options look NOTHING like how I remember it being when I used it last.
Show threadButternuts 🦆Feb 9
@babe just found out mIRC still lives, so
Show threadInnocent LoverboyFeb 10
@babe IRC is very much still a thing! Willing to start a "sexy people of Mastodon" channel but it would probably get mobbed, since everyone in the Fediverse is sexy.
Show threadVictoria🏳️‍⚧️Feb 10
@babe never, people prefer something that actually works. Matrix didnt killed irc and xmpp because its good, but because its better than alternatives, and thats not a high bar