Subj : Micronet IRC
To   : Nelgin
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Dec 29 2020 09:44:00

Hello Nelgin!

** On Tuesday 29.12.20 - 02:36, Nelgin wrote to Sean Dennis:

 N> Sean wrote:
 >> I would like to invite you all to Micronet's official IRC channel at
 >> irc.bbses.info/6667 in #micronet.  I'm now in the channel all the time
 >> using ZNC (my nick is digimaus) and Andrew is also there as bitbyter.
 >> Please come in and chat!
 >>
 >> You can also hang out in #bbs to talk to other sysops.
 >>
 >> All are welcome!  This isn't just for sysops.

 N> And this is why the echoes are dead.

Are you saying that IRC is discouraging posting to the echoes?  I  
dunno.. perhaps IRC satisfies the appeal of being "live" online  
with other people.  There is nothing that precludes those same  
people (or others) to post in the echos in the meantime.

The closest to live chat that I care to have is what I get out of  
Telegram.  You can strike up a convo with someone, and walk away  
and have dinner or something and come back later from where you  
left off. No pressure to reply in real-time, although the option  
is there.

How are IRC folks here accessing IRC? Is it via smartphones/ 
tablets?

Maybe Micronet could experiment with a Telegram presence (linking  
up an echo or two) as an adjunct to IRC?  ;)  The result would  
entertain the live aspect of IRC yet still retain the standard  
messaging experience too.

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  ../|ug

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