Not sure what I'd do without them, it feels like a "real" social network, where we are different people chatting in real time over several days, the simplicity of the protocol forces people to be clear in their words and not use excessive emoji (although, yes, IRC does support emoji)
If anything the decline of other groups running their own IRC has been good for mine, as their groups decide to continue living by becoming a channel on my network- then their members bleed into all of our social groups in addition to their own, obviously it won't last. But for now it feels very natural and organic.
If you want to join we're on irc.darkscience.net/+6697 (SSL) #darkscience
however, I used to use IRC at work, that seems to have been taken over by slack in most companies though.
Not sure what I'd do without them, it feels like a "real" social network, where we are different people chatting in real time over several days, the simplicity of the protocol forces people to be clear in their words and not use excessive emoji (although, yes, IRC does support emoji)
If anything the decline of other groups running their own IRC has been good for mine, as their groups decide to continue living by becoming a channel on my network- then their members bleed into all of our social groups in addition to their own, obviously it won't last. But for now it feels very natural and organic.
If you want to join we're on irc.darkscience.net/+6697 (SSL) #darkscience
however, I used to use IRC at work, that seems to have been taken over by slack in most companies though.