IRC might still be around but it is not popular by any means. I just think it is funny it endures. I remember being on Prodigy and AOL forums and chatrooms and then discovering IRC.
IRC is still amazing compared to how simple it really is. I remember making bots and scripts to take over operator and all kinds of shenanigans. Never experienced anything like that on a corporate platform.
I think you are touching on something that could not be summarized by polish and perhaps why I was slightly annoyed when I read it.
I am all for decentralized non-commercial platforms. It is the only future for people like us.
Meh, you can only polish a turd so much. I would like to point out that AIM no longer exists but IRC does.
I think what you really mean is marketing. Also, I think you rely on a false equivalency that popular = better.
Yes, but the majority of people that left AIM went to Friendster or MySpace.
You and I obviously have the same preference or we’d be having this conversation on Reddit. I was really just referring to mass appeal versus quality.
IRC might still be around but it is not popular by any means. I just think it is funny it endures. I remember being on Prodigy and AOL forums and chatrooms and then discovering IRC.
IRC is still amazing compared to how simple it really is. I remember making bots and scripts to take over operator and all kinds of shenanigans. Never experienced anything like that on a corporate platform.
I think you are touching on something that could not be summarized by polish and perhaps why I was slightly annoyed when I read it.
I am all for decentralized non-commercial platforms. It is the only future for people like us.