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[-] socsa@piefed.social 77 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Me in 2002: "Wow this IRC thing is pretty sweet, I bet people in 2026 will still be using it and it will be even better."

People in 2026: "I just cannot live without six different closed source, bloated, expensive, corporate versions of IRC which are somehow worse in every imaginable way than IRC was in 2002."

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

did irc have voice/video/screensharing?

[-] socsa@piefed.social 40 points 1 week ago

I already said Discord was worse in every way imaginable.

[-] cristian64@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

Preserved history between sessions is really the only thing IRC was truly missing.

[-] InGodWeThrust@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I've been wondering if IRC still exists. I used to use it way back in the day, is it still. Bathing I can get back into?

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago
[-] InGodWeThrust@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Awesome. It's been ages since I've used it, so what do I need to get in there and to find some fun channels to hang out in?

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

It is, my old some of my old hangouts are still around on dalnet, anyone else have a bumping server to recc?

[-] dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I still use it, and run my own server. Easy to run, and easy to use.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I think it's The Protomen, the band, which has an active IRC channel you can use in the browser.

[-] BillionaireStew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

quake mapping community in 2026:

"Download and support documentation are in our Discord!"

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2026
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