The absolute state of IRC

>30 minutes in an IRC channel
>idling like all other 1000 users in the channel
>90% of log is connects and disconnects
>bits of a right wing spammer and a moron who thinks someone will answer his tech questions
how do we fix IRC?

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You're just in a shit channel and/or network, IRC is fine.

lhow2irc and hide joins/exits

does irc support ipv6?

I'm trying to learn programming and irc has been an amazing help when I'm stuck. I usually ask on irc and Jow Forums simultaneously and one of the two will almost always contain the answer I need. Also there is an irc channel for regular expressions which is really good, some of the guys there are true wizards. Where else can you ask people about regular expressions if you want an answer within less than 30 minutes?

yes

its fine. irc is for technical support mostly, not tomfoolery and hackerfagging / techno edginess

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Move to a channel about something interesting or in season. You'll see more activity

you know you can filter joins/quits

IRC doesn't seem to have that many places to talk about anything non technology related anymore, it's kinda sad. Every son of a faggot is on Discord now.

Join active channels?

ur a faggot op

don't worry, matrix will solve this problem by bridging everything

iktf. I'm on a couple private trackers that have okay IRC channels, but, otherwise it's just tech stuff.

What's matrix?

Why bother? The current state of discord is better than irc during its absolute peak. Multiple highly active servers for every topic you can think of along with nice tech(persistence, cross platform, multimedia messages, screen share, voice call, video call).
Its about the only thing to be happy about on the internet in recent memory.

just filter out 'JOIN', 'PART', 'QUIT', NICK'
better have a dead channel that will answer questions quickly to a channel that's 100% offtopic

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>discord
proprietary shitware

Its just a web site lmao. Either way I'll be enjoying my endless list of constantly 24/7 active servers, each with active channels, for every topic I'm interested in. I'd like you to join us or I guess you can just keep idling.

Discords management of large communities is bad though, mostly because of the """features""" like multimedia. All the multimedia shit it has actually hurts it, because it becomes too hard to follow and it unless you are fully engaged. Discord either moves fast for passive engagement like you can do with IRC, or it’s a circle jerk with 3 people talking in a channel that will soon die.

Also:
>botnet

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The real question is why the fuck would you ask people about regular expressions in the first place

Where are you at friend? I'll say hello!

works as intended. you should think how to fix yourself instead.

irc is for wannabe kids

I like the features of discord (mostly multimedia and easily searchable text without having to grep logs) but it's botnet as fuck, admit it. You have no idea how they're monetizing your data and whether they even take basic steps to protect your privacy like hashing usernames.

am I the only one who thinks of multimedia as a disadvantage? I prefer just having someone post a link rather than shit up the channel with their bullshit

Because I rely on them in the program I'm making?

Doesn't bother me. I've been fucked by irc server owners using my logs against me. No issue with the chinks having my keyboard and porn discussions.
I also use a hauwei phone, windows 10, chrome, google drive, and gmail though.
Besides discord is basically the new SMS. I don't know a single person that uses anything else to talk to people. I was even able to go to a WiFi only smartphone because I haven't used a SMS in over a year. Its like how the eurofags use WhatsApp.

Why don't you just read a book on automata theory and make your own damn regular expressions? Fucking Brzozowski method or something.

Why would I need to go to all that trouble when I can just use Reular Expressions to parse HTML with Javascript?

r*ddit tier meme

inner community drama

god damn it


AND NO IRC IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING JOIN IRC.EFNET.NET #LRH AND ASK EFFY ABOUT HIS JEWISH ANCESTRY

You can start by not being a fucking retard.

lhow2irc and redirect joins/exits to a custom window

Way to pick one line of what I said and ignore the rest. Okay I filtered those things. Now it's just empty and the rest of my points stand: mass idling, spammers, and shitty support beggers

>90% of log is connects and disconnects
This can be easily switched off
>bits of a right wing spammer
There's blocking functions
> and a moron who thinks someone will answer his tech questions
Some channels are just less active than others you can also in some clients set it so you can see when your name is mentioned or the channel is active.
Or are you just scared of leaving discord?

>how do we fix IRC?
You can lodge the exact same complaints against Discord after joining a channel full of idlers and having your notifications sound settings at default. Go be a retard somewhere else.

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Matrix.org
It's Discord minus the analytics botnet

Is this a veiled shilling attempt? Discord has the same problem if you join a shitty channel, you degenerate plebeian.

every faggot left discord and is now on mastodon

no, I don't want images, emojis, voice, or any of that shit. even avatars are too much.

>irc is fine
correct

everyone on discord idles too

mynigga.jpg

every IRC client has a setting to turn off join/leave messages

I like the ability to just drag an image and it hosts itself rather than going through the trouble of first uploading it somewhere and then linking the URL to it. Everything else is useless in a text chat. Also that feature could just create a link, doesn't have to actually show a thumbnail image on the chat. IRC is fine otherwise and I do use it, it's just a chore to upload something.

matrix is aiming to be a bridge between all communication platforms. similar to how you can send an email to a yahoo user if your a gmail user, or to an SMS number even. They're just aiming to take it a step further now with these modern platforms. so you can email, instant message, make phone / video calls etc. It's currently rather featureful too, with video/phone calls working, bridges existing between discord and other popular apps, etc. Additionally it's all open source, federated (no mandatory central servers) and the underlying protocol is working toward full encryption I believe. France gov't uses it.

If it used blockchain I'd be all in

>how do we fix IRC?
it doesn't need fixing, it's good for what it is...
if i wanna shittalk or post with dudes from gaming community, i start up discord
if i need to communicate with co-workers, there is slack

use whatever tool is necessary to get the job done and stop complaining
or get bitlbee and have all your online chat needs through irc

>how do we fix IRC
pic related

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when the boomer meme becomes reality

hey grandpas, IRC is fucking dead, adapt or die, no one cares about your whining

When will Zoomers learn they aren't special like us Boomer? Enjoy no retirement.

>use ancient MU*
>text only from the beginning of time
>everybody has been there for 20+ years
>need dope? no problem
>need guns? no problem
>need tech support? no problem
It used to be an awesome game.
We're basically trading recipes and mourning those who die off.
Sometimes someone rants and another has brain problems.

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Internet forums have replaced IRC channels for good... the have all its advantages without any of its flaws... if you dont find technical support then you are lazy or bad at googling your questions

Im just curious what is a MU* ?

doesn't look like dead to me

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bump

What the fuck has happened to mibbit.

Weechat and the like can filter non-destructively. Your view != the buffer.