Whenever I hear people talking about how horrible Slack, Discord and other modern chat platforms, someone will inevitably say, "I miss IRC..."

I can't help but tell them, "It didn't go anywhere!"

The OG decentralized chat network has been here all along, since 1988, still with many different independent networks to choose from, plenty of users and none of the headaches that come with today's monopolistic, monolithic platforms.

https://netsplit.de/networks/top100.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC

#irc