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		Dalewyn on July 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instant Messenger History: Lessons for the Threads... Back in the day I had accounts on AIM and MSN Messenger, accounts on at least half a dozen various forums powered by Invision and phpBB, accounts on half a dozen IRC networks, and it felt perfectly fine to go from one to the other as the situation demanded. I'm not even including MMORPGs, which were as much communities as they were games. Nowadays I still use IRC like I used to before, but I miss the rest of the good old days.

soupfordummies on July 14, 2023 [–]

What’s the scene like on IRC these days?

Dalewyn on July 14, 2023 | [–]

Not anywhere as populated as before, but the old guard is still there and the atmosphere itself hasn't really changed (which is a good thing).

I credit the fundamentally command line interface for filtering out the "normies", so to speak.

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