Subj : Micronet IRC
To   : August Abolins
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Dec 29 2020 10:06:02

  Re: Micronet IRC
  By: August Abolins to Nelgin on Tue Dec 29 2020 09:44 am

 > 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.
 > 
 > --
 >   ../|ug

I use an irssi client running on a remote shell server 24/7 for accesing IRC.
It works great.

I think messaging and BBSing are different things, scratch different itches,
and don't overlap that much.

IRC is for quick questions or issues that don't take much detail to discuss
(ie: "can you tell me where to find the man page for $program?"). BBSing allows
for deeper discussions since you have more time to write your posts and can
elaborate longer, meaningful replies.

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