• Dr. WeskerOP
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    219 hours ago

    Same. I’ve returned to things like IRC for my online social time.

    • yeehaw
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      58 hours ago

      Isn’t that shit still sent in plaintext and permanently logged for all to see?

      • @[email protected]
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        124 minutes ago

        Everything publicly put on the internet is permanently logged if someone decides to log it, that applies to every modern website or chat software.

      • Dr. WeskerOP
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        58 hours ago

        That’s why you use pseudonyms and hide your power level. However, the experience is what I’m after.

      • subignition
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        58 hours ago

        Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe by default IRC is only logged if the client opts to log it. I don’t remember being able to see message history when joining a channel back in the day, so I’m not sure if servers themselves keep logs by default.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 hours ago

          How does one get on irc and are there specific rooms that are good? Hope that question makes sense. I ar tek dumb.

          • Ben Hur Horse Race
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            25 hours ago

            so (and this may have changed, i used to go on irc mainly in the fuckin 90s) but you need a client, back in the day the big ones were mIRC and pIRCh. i am an mIRC loyalist myself.

            it comes with a server list, you just double click on a server and itll connect you. then if you type /list it will list all the channels (rooms). you can see how many people are in each channel, and you can double click on the channel list to join one. then type away

    • @aramova
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      48 hours ago

      Man… efnet, Undernet and Dalnet running scrollz brings back memories.