What is special about IRC? What would make me use it in 2025 and in certain fields, for example?
One of the oldest protocols still in use today, nerdy people use it for the privacy benefits nowadays or if they need a simple plaintext protocol
>>1537277>privacy benefitsIRC has no privacy features in place, it only seems private because it's so obscure nowadays>>1537265>What would make me use it in 2025Matrix clients still being unusable I guess
>>1537265>What would make me use it in 2025if you are a programmer or a linux user a lot of those communities are only on irc.
>What is special about IRC?There were things that were really special about it. I think you've mostly missed the party.>What would make me use it in 2025 and in certain fields, for example?If there is a specific IRC channel that you want to talk to, then you would use it. I'm sure there are still isolated communities of really smart guys who just never moved on to newer chat services. Will you find one of these communities? Probably not. So there isn't really a reason for you to use it.If you're young, just use Discord like a normal young person.
>>1537320>just use Discord like a normal young person.
>>1537314U mean like some irc providers are closed?>>1537317Thx for this info cuz I'm currently learning python >>1537320>>1537324Btw i used irc before a little while ago and i bored from it quickly maybe cuz i joined to rip communities or i found many private communities or I didn't know how to use it properly.As i remember, it was like many lobbys with strange names or names that included the word "irc"(i think each one was related to a specific country).and i had to enter certain information to log in, and then there were many commands like to set a nickname and search for chats and the commands was had a special prefix. I might go back to it becuz it interests me now days, and I'll go deeper into it becuz i think I didn't find anything special about it becuz it was a short trip.
>>1537314I'm not talking about the protocol itself but its broader application. Most servers allow for connecting over Tor or with a bouncer which can't be said of Slackcordgram
>>1537265#bookz
>>1537265>What is special about IRC?It's quick as hell and only has a few dependencies. There's not much in the way of stupid bullshit: if you need to talk to someone with text then you can do it. There are a lot of people still using it and the rooms are easily accessible.>What would make me use it in 2025If there are people you want to talk to, talk to them on a server.>>1537277>the privacy benefitsDamn, that's a blatant lie.>>1537320>If you're young, just use Discord like a normal young person.Discord is doing age verification shit now, so if you're somehow fine with that then go ahead and give them your ID and phone number to talk to underagedb& and faggots>>1537347>and i had to enter certain information to log in, and then there were many commands like to set a nickname and search for chats and the commands was had a special prefixIt becomes second nature quickly
>>1537265people on irc usually know what they're talking about at least that's been my experience on the c++ and vulkan channels. it kinda reminds me of being on /prog/ back in the day talking to people who actually had experience with xyz api instead of the endless shitposting and language wars on the /g/ dpt threads.
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>>1537510>the anime you want is being served by SNAIL
>>1537265Older communities, so less annoying discord meme shit because the user base is older.
>>1537399>Damn, that's a blatant lie.not quite, by default irc has no privacy benefit. but irc can be routed over tor fairly easily. also you can use OTR plugins for the popular clients to get end to end encryption.https://packagehub.suse.com/packages/irc-otr/
>>1537535that's like saying a cracker can be a wedding cake with enough icing.
>>1537533Anyway, the purpose of this thread isn't to make fun of irc.
>>1537546Except of course for the small thing that routing IRC over TOR makes perfect sense and the simile is complete nonsense...
>>1537265IRC is piss easy to use and doesn't run everything through a central server with unknown operators. I use one for our homeschool group.>You won't lose control of your chat logs>You won't have to re-learn every new flash in the pan chat program>You won't get banned for saying boys are great or quoting a Bible verse>Your kids won't get groomed by trannies and glowniggers
>>1537625That's great
>>1537625>You won't get banned for saying boys are greatUh, what is that supposed to mean
>>1537809why doesn't your frog have the tracking lines, you should go get that checked out
>>1537625Do people use it? Discord clearly put a ton of effort into making their product easy and addictive. I feel like you could try to get a group of modern people to use IRC, but they just wouldn't.
>>1537510who pays to host all that
>>1537625you're going to have to post some proof of that. No one on here will believe that you somehow got a bunch of soccermoms and soccerdads to set up bouncers without it.
>>1538092pisscord made me quit wow . how do you ''people'' use it is a mystery to me.
>>1537625>IRC is piss easy to use and doesn't run everything through a central server with unknown operators. I use one for our homeschool group.Unless you're talking about setting up your own server to use with friends or something like that, what you just said is completely wrong and actually the opposite of reality. Do you even know what IRC stands for? An IRC server is usually actually a network of servers that connect to each other and share the messages sent to the "server" (this is why sometimes you experience splits when one server disconnects from the network). You connect to a server from the network and send messages to it, like suppose you send a message to #4chan. The server you're connected to receives the message and passes it along to the other servers in the network* so everyone has a copy of the message. Everyone else who has joined the #4chan (regardless of what actual server they're connected to in the network) then receives notice that you just sent a message.*There are however local only channels that require everyone in the channel to be connected to the exact same server, not just one of the servers from the network.I'm sure in the years since I last used IRC (probably like 10 years) they've added some security functionality, like someone mentioned connecting through tor and the like. But IRC was always a very open and unsecure platform. Your security came from being careful yourself, like making sure you weren't showing your IP address or having a password protected channel. Still there is no reason why the server itself couldn't keep logs of everything sent to it. Text files are very easy to store.
>>1538092>Discord clearly put a ton of effort into making their product easy and addictiveLOL >>1538432>>1538789Wow, that sounds hard, good thing I didn't know that when I started.
>>1538906Don't get me wrong, IRC is great. Its simplicity was always the selling point. It comes from a time where tech resources were much more limited, both in processing power and bandwidth. I just don't think it would be fair to paint it as a "more secure communication tool" than any other in the market.
>>1538789load balancing doesn't matter moranit's client <> server <> client nothing more
>>1537265certain programming teams use IRC to communicate. other than that... there's not much to do in IRC in 2025
