There should be a c/IRC where people can have near instant communications ö!
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 07:07
https://lemmy.world/post/21968897

On whatever topic the poster posts and it wold be just like old days instant messaging

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pedz@lemmy.ca on 13 Nov 07:20 next collapse

IRC still exists. There’s nothing stopping anyone from joining a server and a few channels.

iopq@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 07:43 next collapse

To see what happened you need a bot running saving messages.

Just use matrix, it’s good enough to replace IRC

pedz@lemmy.ca on 13 Nov 08:53 collapse

I use TheLounge which saves and display history for me.

Convos also does that.

I am still on IRC, have my own server, and use TheLounge as a client. We can paste mp3s, mp4s and images on the channels. It just works fine for us.

iopq@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 13:28 collapse

You use something that’s constantly connected. I’m fine with letting another server handle that part without self hosting

Tyoda@lemm.ee on 13 Nov 09:34 collapse

Counterpoint: I am too young to understand this technology, it scares me, and I am unwilling to learn.

pedz@lemmy.ca on 13 Nov 10:06 next collapse

Then you can stay on forums that needs to be refreshed, or uuuh… isn’t there a proprietary IRC like thing for young people, something like Disco? Or Discom. Or Discord? Apparently it’s much like IRC but without the freedom.

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 13 Nov 12:29 collapse

I think that's always been the allure of IRC in modern internet times... Keeps the normal people away and makes it a place that's more exclusive to nerds. It's scary, you have to learn a few things, has it's own etiquette and you can't just use it from any phone.

multi_regime_enjoyer@lemmy.ml on 13 Nov 13:37 collapse

I think there are more than enough online spaces specializing in weird nerds. More interested in escaping the first world nerd bubble than ever.

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 13 Nov 13:58 collapse

Any good recommendations how to do that on the internet?

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Nov 08:17 next collapse

you can sort !casualconversation@lemm.ee by “new comments”

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 08:18 collapse

Will do

deleted@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 10:22 next collapse

We need to revive IRC and consolidate in one channel.

I just connected last week and couldn’t find a server / channel which has people chatting.

ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net on 13 Nov 14:49 collapse

I think XMPP would be the most appropriate tech for us to adopt, since it’s easily self-hostable, has great mobile apps, is federated, and doesn’t require an always connected bot to record chat history to know what was said while you were away. It’s functionally an improved IRC.