Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : boraxman
From : Mewcenary
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 11:15:14

  Re: Re: Notice that...
  By: boraxman to Atreyu on Tue Feb 08 2022 11:01 pm

 bo> I never used IRC that much until quite recently actually. Only a few channels, but there are regulars there so you get to know people and
 bo> what they are like. 

 bo> It did get annoying to have to respond to an e-mail, then get an SMS and at the same time get a messenger notification. I used aMSN,
 bo> which might have had different sounds? I can't remember now but I still have all the chat logs from pretty much every conversation. 

The modern equivalents are Slack and Discord.  Generally, Slack for the corporate world and Discord for (mostly) gaming and casual chat. I'd say that Discord is the new IRC in that regard, and combines it with video streaming and voice chat -- a pretty impressive package.

The PING lives on ;)
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