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#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!
It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.
It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!
I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.
Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.
I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools
- Public Chat? IRC!
- Group Voicechat? Mumble.
- #Documentation? #mkDocs-material.
- 1:1 Chats? XMPP+OMEMO.
- E2EE Group Chats? #deltaChat.
- E2EE Calls? #WebCall.
- Filehosting? #IPFS, #BitTorrent, oshi.at, etc. ...
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Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.
#TELNET #BBS #90's #MRC #CHAT #IRC #GAMES #DOORS
You wake up, it's Saturday morning. You head to the computer to call into your favorite BBS.
You play all your favorite door games and hop into the chat room.
You can still do that today! Telnet or WWW
https://a-net-online.lol or http://mystic.a-net-online.lol
Telnet: a-net.online or
mystic-anet.online
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@paul_denton @off créez un canal #irc sur zeolia.chat et je m'abonne :)
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Now showing the Hack42 Matrix/IRC chat 
https://codeberg.org/raboof/matrix2teletext
#Hack42 #IRC #Matrix #TeleText
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We were testing #galene as an alternative to #discord video/voice-chat in online #ttrpg sessions today. (In addition to #irc as a chat that is)
It worked fine. Galene has really low ressource demands and we had multiple people in the chat on two continents with good quality video and multiple simultaneous screenshare windows at the same time.
If discord enshittifies too much I think we at least have a way to play our games.
galene.orgGalene videoconference serverGalene is a free and open source WebRTC videoconference server
kolegowie jaki klient #irc ? wystarczy by był na linuxa, ale jak jest wersja też androidowa to nie pogardzę
dobrze jakby wyglądał minimalistycznie ale nowocześnie (wygląd pokroju hexchata odpada)
#TELNET #BBS #INTERBBS #90'S #MRC #IRC #CHAT #GAMES
What are you doing this Sunday?
Hop onto one of A-Net Online's BBSes for Games/Chat/Files/Message Forums, but most of all, FUN!
https://a-net-online.lol or HTTP://mystic-anet-online.lol
Telnet,SSH,RLogin: a-net.online or mystic-anet.online
Comment réinventer #IRC et en refaire un protocole qui attire ?
On en discute le 14/05/2025 sur https://zeolia.chat/canaux/ircday-fr.html
zeolia.chatZeolia : #ircday-fr :: Journée Mondiale de l'IRC : 14 mai - Retenez la dateCanal francophone de la Journée Mondiale de l'IRC Venez nombreux pour proposer des idées pour célébrer IRC et la RFC1459 le 14 mai !
L'Uaar ha diffuso i dati del Ministero dell'Istruzione e delle province di Trento e Bolzano sulla non frequenza dell'#IRC per l'anno scolastico 2023/24. La quota di chi non frequenta l'insegnamento della religione cattolica a #scuola sale al 16,6%.
https://www.uaar.it/dati-no-irc/
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Just like #IRC & #XMPP+#OMEMO and #PGP/MIME will do the same for #GroupChats and #Messaging in general!
Recently, I tidied up my IRC workspace.
Are there any interesting IRC channels (including servers) that you know of, related to Linux, free software, self-hosting, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or NetBSD?
#linux #freesoftware #selfhosting #freebsd, #openbsd, #netbsd #irc
Recently, I tidied up my IRC workspace.
Are there any interesting IRC channels (including servers) that you know of, related to Linux, free software, self-hosting, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or NetBSD?
#linux #freesoftware #selfhosting #freebsd, #openbsd, #netbsd #irc
Okay, what's the best #Discord alternative for a #chat platform, I want one for my #streamer / #vtuber community, currently using Discord but want to Own It and such. For real this time.
Is #element / #matrix still the biggest one? I guess there's #IRC, I want whatever I can get the largest non-zero number of people using. And voice chat ideally, video not necessary.
we have a #traveller chat room on #irc, which you could access via web under
http://wilderland.ovh:9000/#/connect?join=traveller
or
https://talk.campaignwiki.org/#/connect?join=traveller
(it's effectively the #traveller chat from Undernet/Communiti (formerly Otherworlders)
just saying.
wilderland.ovhThe Lounge
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@simendsjo @jackdaniel #XMPP has all those features, and there's a fairly big #Lisp / #Scheme / #CommonLisp channel there - https://xmpp.link/#lisp@conference.a3.pm?join
It might not have everything that #Discord does, but it's vastly better than #IRC. And there's a cost to using #proprietary and #centralized services, which people constantly forget about in chasing convenience and shiny features.
Here's a guide to help you get started.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
xmpp.linkXMPP Invitation
Created in 1988 by Jarkko Oikarinen in Finland, IRC was designed to enable real-time, text-based communication over the internet. Inspired by the multi-user talk programs on UNIX systems, Oikarinen wanted a system that was more flexible and scalable.
IRC quickly became the backbone of online communities in the 90s and early 2000s, hosting discussions ranging from programming and hacking to gaming and general socializing. Unlike modern chat services, IRC was entirely decentralized—anyone could set up a server, create channels, and communicate without corporate control.
Though its popularity has declined with the rise of modern platforms, IRC still thrives among enthusiasts, open-source communities, and privacy advocates who prefer its lightweight, no-nonsense approach to online chat.
