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Miah Johnson

@postmodern @malcircuit libera.chat is already free and set up. No need to run your own IRC server really. Channels can be made to invite only or key required, and there are services to automate ops etc. There is a team that runs it and they will deal with abusers.

2 January at 3:22 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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postmodern

@miah @malcircuit idk about IRC in the year 2024. Feels less accessible and clunky now, compared to the web-based chat options. Also, I like how you can create your own Discord "server" and populate it with as many channels as you wish.

2 January at 3:30 | Open on ruby.social
njsg

@postmodern
The text-based open protocol has to be much more accessible than web-based chat options, unless we're using different meanings for "accessible". It also lets you use a web-based chat client or something like that for it if you want (and if there is one, I think there is), unlike some other services that won't even allow third-party clients.

My usual example for this flexibility in IRC is Microsoft Comic Chat (after disabling the noise it generates).

@postmodern
The text-based open protocol has to be much more accessible than web-based chat options, unless we're using different meanings for "accessible". It also lets you use a web-based chat client or something like that for it if you want (and if there is one, I think there is), unlike some other services that won't even allow third-party clients.

2 January at 8:55 | Open on social.sdf.org
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